Is Kenya ready to tackle second Covid-19 wave?

A medical practitioner during mass testing at the Olympic Primary School in Kibra, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

A young population, more asymptomatic cases and less urban population are some of the factors that have saved Kenya from devastating Covid-19 outcomes.

But as the country is gradually re-opening, there are concerns these same factors may plunge the nation into a second wave which Dr Githinji Gitahi, Amref Health Africa Chief Executive Officer, says is inevitable.