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Children to be treated first as ministry lists new guidelines

Health Acting Director General Patrick Amoth at Afya House in Nairobi on 07/05/2020. [Boniface Okendo,Standard]

Anyone with a respiratory illness visiting the hospital will have to get tested for Covid-19. 

New guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health state that the tests will include children with pneumonia, who will be prioritised for the coronavirus test.

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