Why new species of invasive mosquito should worry you

Anopheles stephensi is highly invasive and thrives in urban areas. [AP photo]

At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, urban populations in Kenya stared at the possibility of choking the health system, forcing national and country governments to imagine the worst.

In Machakos, former Governor Alfred Mutua's government transformed the main stadium in the town into a tented, makeshift hospital to receive and treat Covid cases. Gory scenes had been witnessed in far-much developed Europe and the US, with sick populations overrunning the healthcare system.