The Kisumu county administration has isolated 100 people who came into contact with five patients who tested positive for the Indian Covid-19 variant. Health executive Boaz Otieno on Thursday said in a statement that three more people had tested positive for the Indian variant, raising the number to eight. “The county government of Kisumu has stepped up surveillance after the Indian variant of Covid-19 was detected in the county,” the statement reads. We have gone ahead together with the Kisumu county health team to do contact tracing." Last week, the government imposed a ban on flights between India and Kenya for 14 days to prevent the spread of the Indian variant.

Source: The Star May 06, 2021 19:07 UTC