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Guards: The overlooked frontline workers in the fight against Covid-19

Moses Musa, a security guard with 911 company takes body temperature from Emmaculate Wakungu, a visitor at Standard Group in Nairobi, on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Most security guards are at risk of being infected with Covid-19 owing to their nature of work. [David Njaaga, Standard]

With the escalation of Covid-19 cases, Stella (not her real name), a security guard working in Nairobi, has confronted new threats she never anticipated when she took up the job.

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