Barely days after the first case was confirmed on March 13, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe and the National Emergency Response Committee unveiled a response strategy. On March 31, President Uhuru Kenyatta directed Treasury to set up an emergency response kitty for Covid-19. Mass testingAs the cases rose in April to 81, the Health ministry prioritised targeted mass testing to map out the hotspots. It prevailed upon the President to put specific areas under lock-down, even as it pushed for targeted mass testing on these areas. As the cases tripled to over 6, 081 at the start of July, the Health ministry ruled out mass target testing.

Source: Daily Nation August 13, 2020 06:31 UTC