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Experts concerned by rising cases of Type 1 Diabetes in children

A mother checks her daughter's diabetes by monitoring her blood glucose. [Getty Images]

Christine Njoki, 12 years old, was taken ill just a year after the government declared Covid-19 a pandemic in 2021.

When schools were reopening after the end of pandemic lockdowns, Njoki started having malaria-like symptoms and felt weak.

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