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Delta variants found in Kiambu as cases rise in KU hospital

By Rosa Agutu | Aug. 15, 2021

**A nurse vaccinates a member of the public for Covid-19 at Mihango Stadium** [Jenipher Wachie, Standard]

Seven Delta variants have been identified from Covid-19 samples collected in Kiambu County by researchers.

A report by the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri)/Welcome Trust notes that variants were from 15 samples taken this July. This comes in the face of surging cases of Covid-19 at the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH) this August necessitating all nurses on leave to be recalled, according to an internal memo.

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