{"id":8380,"date":"2020-05-24T20:03:58","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T20:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=8380"},"modified":"2020-05-24T20:03:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T20:03:58","slug":"covid-19-government-urges-kenyans-to-go-for-mass-testing-as-22-more-test-positive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/covid-19-government-urges-kenyans-to-go-for-mass-testing-as-22-more-test-positive","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: Government urges Kenyans to go for mass testing as 22 more test positive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> The government has urged Kenyans to turn up in large for Covid-19 mass testing that is on in Nairobi and Mombasa counties which it says is essential in the war against Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>While addressing the press during the Covid-19 update in Nairobi, Health Chief Administrative Secretary Dr Rashid Aman appealed to\u00a0the\u00a0public to embrace the mass testing.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Aman\u00a0<strong>(pictured)<\/strong>\u00a0said that the government was determined to identify people with the virus so that it can trace contacts for containment and treatment.\u201cThe government shall meet the cost of treatment and quarantine\u2026People should not be afraid to come out for testing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The CAS said that the government had resorted to doing away with the directive of quarantining people at their own cost after it emerged that it was scaring people and triggering escapes from quarantine centres.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe targeted mass testing is to identify those who have the virus for treatment and protection of the others,\u201d he said.He, however, urged those turning up for the tests to give accurate contact information for easier tracking and follow-ups. According to the CAS, cases in which patients become impossible to contact and treat can only jeopradise the progress made in the fight against the virus.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated President Uhuru Kenyatta\u2019s message of remaining vigilant saying \u201cthe fight against Covid-19 is not yet over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr Aman also hinted at plans to relax health safety measures like partial lockdown and curfews should the numbers grow thinner and thinner.\u00a0He lauded the co-operation of residents of Mombasa\u2019s Old Town and Nairobi\u2019s Eastleigh, which have been under partial lockdown after they posted a high number of infections.<\/p>\n<p>He, nonetheless, cautioned that the lockdown should not be perceived as targeting a particular social group of people.Said he: \u201cThe restrictions are not punitive and not directed at any particular community\u2026They are for the interest of the public good to contain the virus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dDr Aman hinted at a possibility of locking down newer areas identified as hotspots for the virus. His statement comes after Kibra posted high Covid-19 infection numbers making the area to be subjected to scrutiny as the government weighs up more measures.<\/p>\n<p>Such a decision he said would be made based on the numbers of infections posted in various areas.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, 22 more people have tested positive for the virus over the past 24 hours. According to the CAS, those who tested positive comprise 17 males and five females who were found with the virus after analyses of 1,108 samples.<\/p>\n<p>This now brings the total number of Kenya\u2019s cases to 1,214. Out of the 22 cases, 10 were from Nairobi, 9 from Mombasa, one from Nakuru and two from Kwale and Taita Taveta.<\/p>\n<p>Three patients were discharged after successful treatment. The country also lost a 48-year-old\u00a0man to the coronavirus in Mathare, Nairobi. This implies that Kenya has lost 51 people to the disease.The virus has now killed more than 340,000 people and infected more than two million people globally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: The government has urged Kenyans to turn up in large for Covid-19 mass testing that is on in Nairobi and Mombasa counties which it says is essential in the war against Covid-19. 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