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Indian Covid-19 variant ‘transmissible, deadly, can dodge vaccines’

 Kisumu East MP Shakeel Shabbir (left) flanked by his Muhoroni counterpart James K'oyoo, during a press conference at Parliament buildings in Nairobi on Thursday, May 06 2021, regarding the discovery of new Indian Covid 19 variant. [David Njaaga,Standard]

Kenya became the second country in East Africa after Uganda to confirm the deadly Indian Covid-19 variant responsible for a spike in infections and fatalities in India.

Acting Director-General for Health Patrick Amoth said the Indian variant was detected among five Indian nationals attached to a firm in Kisumu County. The five had returned from India last Thursday in a bid to beat the May 1 flight ban imposed by the government.

“We have gone ahead, together with the Kisumu health team, to do contact tracing,” said Dr Amoth.

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