The death toll from Covid-19 could be worse in Kenya and across Africa than in other parts of the world, if the virus begins to spread more rapidly, a new study suggests. The study – partly conducted in Kenya – shows that Covid-19 patients in Africa who become critically ill are more likely to die than those in other regions of the world. First, the scarcity of critical care resources in African countries might contribute to the high critical care mortality,” says the study published in the Lancet on May 22. “The study brings out what is well known already that our capacity and resources to cater for critically ill patients in Kenya are very wanting. It further brings out the fact that a lot of our critically ill patients have huge co-morbidities,” says pathologist Dr Ahmed Kalebi, the immediate former head of Lancet Laboratories.

Source: The Star May 28, 2021 08:37 UTC