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China on Covid high alert as Kenya, other countries relax measures

A medical worker in protective suit collects a swab during a mass nucleic acid testing in Shijiazhuang, China. January 6, 2021. [Reuters]

Scientists have warned Kenyans against relaxing on Covid-19 containment measures as China imposes a lockdown following a surge in infections. It has not been established whether the rising infection if linked to a new strain that is more transmissible than omicron.

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