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38-year-old Dr. Doreen Lugaliki became the first Kenyan doctor to succumb to COVID-19. [Courtesy, Family]
Deaths from Covid-19 once seemed so far away. We saw it in the news and empathised with devastated communities in northern Italy, Spain and France.
But since March 26, when the first fatality as a result of Covid-19 complications was recorded in the country, the numbers have kept rising. The tears have kept flowing. And families across the country continue to experience first-hand shattering at the hand of the virus.
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