Covid-19 infections

Delta variant sweeps across Europe as restrictions ease

Reading Time: 3 minutes Another wave of Covid-19 infections, mostly driven by the Delta variant, is poised to sweep across Europe following its recent […]

Covid-19: 376 test positive as positivity rate stands at 9.8 per cent

Reading Time: 2 minutes 376 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the past 24 hours according to the Ministry of Health. The 376 […]

Western region governors want rapid Covid-19 testing

Reading Time: 2 minutes Lake Region Economic Bloc (LREB) governors yesterday called for rapid coronavirus tests in their counties. The region was last Thursday […]

Government mulls tougher Covid measures in 12 counties

Reading Time: 3 minutes Noven Owiti and Hilary Mageka Up to 12 counties in Western and Nyanza regions are staring at a possible lockdown […]

Covid-19 spike leads to closure of churches in Nyaribari Chache

Reading Time: 2 minutes Nyaribari Chache Sub-county Public Health Officer Florence Tirimba has written to pastors in Birongo Ward ordering the closure of places […]

Dark Covid-19 cloud hangs over event

Reading Time: 2 minutes Madaraka Day celebrations in Kisumu are being held today under a dark cloud of surging Covid-19 infections in the lake […]

Kisumu becomes new hotspot for COVID-19 infections

Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenya’s lake region has recorded a spike in COVID-19 infections as the area becomes the new epicenter of the disease […]

Experts link hypertension to high risk of virus deaths

Reading Time: < 1 minute George Kebaso @Morarak Persons suffering from high blood pressure are at a higher risk of dying due to Covid-19, experts […]

CS Kagwe: Expect second dose of AstraZeneca jab by early June

Reading Time: 2 minutes “This means the country will start administering the second dose of the AstraZeneca jab from the first week of June."

New hospitals must have piped oxygen, says Kagwe

Reading Time: 2 minutes Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has directed that no construction for health facilities will be approved without incorporating piped oxygen […]