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Health workers are risking it all for us, take care of them

Kenya has lost the first doctor to coronavirus and this demonstrates that nobody is immune. The death of any citizen is too much bear, but the death of a front line worker is akin to exposing a soldier to a hail of enemy bullets in a war.

Health workers are our last line of defence once every other intervention against the pandemic has failed. We cannot approach their plight with a casual attitude. The national and county governments must change tack urgently.

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