COVID Kenya
@covid_kenya
monitoring COVID-19 in Kenya | get vaccinated - mask up - block trolls - COVID is airborne so ventilate -
English+Swahili+Somali advice on our website
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http://covidkenya.info 09-06-2021 12:51:02
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We join Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in urging all countries to strive for 70% coverage - with a focus on the most vulnerable. If health workers, older people & at-risk groups go unvaccinated:
- deaths will continue
- health systems risk being overwhelmed
- & economic activity will be challenged
Interesting & uncomfortable article by โฆStephanie Nolenโฉ on COVID mortality in Africa. The response to the โmysteryโ has important policy implications for the future COVID vaccination strategy in African countries. Recommendedโฉ via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2022/03/23/heaโฆ
@Aphrc @Kemri and Kenyatta University Hospital (KUTRRH) are conducting a study on #LongCovid in NAIROBI (NMS area ONLY).
If you had a positive PCR test, regardless of severity of illness and have lingering symptoms, please sign up for the study ๐๐
More details in the flyer below ๐๐๐๐
While the UK moves to 'living with' COVID-19, this pandemic is far from over, most especially in low income countries where only 1 in 8 people have received their first vaccine - BBC Panorama tells the story this evening:
#Breaking
Court sentences activists & matatu conductor to serve concurrent six-month probation for the counts of โprohibited gatheringโ and 'failing to keep their physical distanceโ. Their crime? Protesting corruption after the theft of #Covid19 funds.
#FreeToProtest
@Defenders Coalition ๐ฐ๐ช