Test more to better manage virus spread

Medical practitioners at work during the Covi-19 mass testing at the Olympic Primary School, Kibra, Nairobi, May 26, 2020. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

As testing for Covid-19 increases in our country, so too is the number of those infected. Reports of Kenya surpassing 7000 positive case mark made headlines. What was not emphasised in the reports was the idea that the significant spike was not a product of the virus not being under control.