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Malaria patients to test for Covid-19 in new directive

Blood sample with malaria parasite positive. [Courtesy]

As Kenya joined the rest of the world to celebrate World Malaria Day yesterday, the county has directed that all patients seeking treatment for malaria be tested for Covid-19.

This comes even as counties are grappling with shortage of testing kits, paralysing contact tracing and surveillance aimed at breaking the chain of transmission of the virus.

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