Ministry of Health says 39 health workers have died of Covid-19

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said that 22 more people succumbed to Covid-19 bringing the total number of fatalities to 2, 950. [File, Standard]

39 health workers have succumbed to Covid-19 after contracting the disease while in the line of duty, Ministry of Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe says.

While briefing the country on the situation of the Covid-19 pandemic on Wednesday, May 12, Kagwe said that 4, 978 health workers had contracted the disease since the pandemic began.