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Anxiety over shortage of ICU beds as virus cases hit 16,268

Health Chief Administrative Secretary Mercy Mwangangi.

The government has exuded confidence that the bed capacity in isolation centres is adequate even as hospitals experience sporadic shortage of Intensive Care Units.

This follows reports that the country now has 12,513 isolation beds ready with 498 ICUs.

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