13,000 who came into contact with infected people yet to be traced
A woman and her child wait to be tested for Covid-19 in Ruaraka, Nairobi, on May 28, 2020.
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Article Author: 13,000 who came into contact with infected people yet to be traced
Media Source: Daily Nation (Kenya)
Date: 3 August 2020
The Kenyan Ministry of Health’s latest report notes little contact tracing is taking place, with only eight of 47 counties submitting reports. Contact tracing is a way of tracing the routes of viral spread and severing them before they affect more people. Dr Majid Twahir, the associate dean for clinical affairs and chief of staff…
The Kenyan Ministry of Health’s latest report notes little contact tracing is taking place, with only eight of 47 counties submitting reports. Contact tracing is a way of tracing the routes of viral spread and severing them before they affect more people. Dr Majid Twahir, the associate dean for clinical affairs and chief of staff at the Aga Khan University Hospital, said tracing and isolating contacts was working in the initial stages because there were few chains of transmission. It was easy for the government to trace contacts when the number of infections was low and within Nairobi. “The government has done a great job, but it has not been easy to trace all contacts because the numbers are high and continue to rise daily,” he said