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Covid-19 could kill up to 3.3 million Africans, study reveals

A police officer in Isiolo town arrests individuals who are drunk and have no face masks. Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has blamed some Kenyans for not taking Covid 19 pandemic with seriousness. [Bruno Mutunga, Standard]

“Anywhere between 300,000 and 3.3 million African people could lose their lives as a direct result of Covid-19, depending on the intervention measures taken to stop the spread.”

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