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Regions that have become epicentres of Covid-19 are facing a shortage of testing kits, according to health officials and scientists.
These regions include the Lake Basin, North Rift and Upper Eastern where 14 counties have inadequate testing kits and thus low capacity for contact tracing and surveillance, according Dr Rosemary Obara Okeyo, the Lake Basin Economic Block (LREB) health pillar lead.
A report by LREB says that “most counties have a testing quota of 30 tests per day” and “these will not be helpful in the predicted fourth wave.”
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