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The blind more likely to get virus as they rely on touch

Since the country registered its first Covid-19 case in March, Rebecca Gema, 48, a visually impaired timber merchant and bar owner in Nakuru County, has been disturbed.

For Gema, the Covid-19 crisis is a double ordeal; first, she had to close down her businesses due to dwindling sales, and secondly, she cannot freely move out of her house in Shabaab Estate.

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