AfricaPress-Kenya: It was a mixed bag of fortune as Kenya registered 97 recoveries and 95 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours.According to the Health Chief Administrative Secretary Dr Rashid Aman, the number is the highest cases of recoveries noted in a day since the country started battling the virus.
Kenya has now discharged 849 from the facilities after healing from the bug.Dr Aman (above) praised the efforts of the frontline healthcare workers saying that their hard work and dedication to service have translated into those recoveries.
While addressing the media during the briefing on Covid-19 pandemic, the CAS said that the higher number of recoveries was good news because it eased the strain of health care facilities. He tied the higher number of cases registered in a day to the increased testing capacity.
“This is commendable and is proof that contracting the virus is not a health sentence,” he said.“We expect that these numbers will be able to rise…this doesn’t mean that we should lose hope. As a matter of fact, most hospitals dealing with these cases have done exceptional jobs,” he said.
He urged Kenyans to continue observing hygiene and strictly follow containment measures such as wearing face masks, using hand sanitisers and avoiding crowding.With the government announcing the home-based care, Dr Aman said that caregivers at home will have to abide by the new World Health Organisation safety rules. Such for instance, would include using N95 face masks which is the highest-rated efficient mask against the virus.
The same he said applies to those above 65 years or persons with underlying conditions especially when heading to public places.
He said that the rest of the population with less exposure to the virus may continue with layered surgical masks or cotton ones proved to be effective.
