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‘I didn’t have symptoms but I tested positive for coronavirus’

Stephen Omukoko at Mbagathi Hospital in Nairobi where he is recovering from the coronavirus.

On Wednesday, two men lay on their isolation beds at the Mbagathi Hospital, contemplating their fate.

They shared the silence only broken by the wheezy, almost rhythmical coughs, the same anxiety in the harrowing hours as they waited for their results. The results would determine who goes home and who stays.

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