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Over 102 medics contract Covid-19

A healthcare worker in a protective suit. [File, Jonah Onyango, Standard]

At least 102 healthcare workers had by Friday last week tested positive for Covid-19, according to Kakamega County Executive Committee Member for Health Collins Matemba.

Another two front-line workers are believed to have tested positive for Covid-19, while test results for more samples taken to Kenya Medical Research Institute in Kisumu are yet to return. A number of those that have tested positive are in designated quarantine facilities with their family members.

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