{"id":6088,"date":"2021-03-12T12:38:54","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T12:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=6088"},"modified":"2021-03-12T11:49:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T11:49:04","slug":"raila-in-isolation-after-testing-positive-for-covid-says-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/raila-in-isolation-after-testing-positive-for-covid-says-doctor","title":{"rendered":"Raila in isolation after testing positive for Covid, says doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga spent Thursday night in isolation after testing positive for Covid-19 at a city hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Odinga is battling the virus at The Nairobi Hospital where he was admitted on Tuesday after developing \u201cfatigue\u201d, according to his family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing my letter of the 10th of March 2021, we have confirmed that Rt. Hon. Odinga has SARS-2 Covid-19,\u201d his personal doctor, David Olunya, said in a statement to newsrooms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is responding well to the treatment he is receiving&#8230; and remains upbeat. We are continuing to monitor his progress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Odinga, who authorised his medical team to make his status public, later said the Covid-positive finding followed \u201cnumerous and complicated tests on me for the last two days\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the tests were several, one important result\u2026 is that I have been found to have been exposed to Covid-19,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite the fact that I feel strong and in good shape after a few days in hospital, I have agreed with my doctors to undertake the mandatory quarantine\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The ODM leader, who skipped a planned ceremony at State House to mark the third anniversary of the March 9, 2018 Handshake with President Uhuru Kenyatta after being taken ill, becomes the highest profile political leader in the country to contract the virus.<\/p>\n<p>Corona, now in its third wave in the country, has so far claimed 1,899 Kenyans, according to Health ministry statistics.<\/p>\n<p>Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Wednesday confirmed the third wave, with the Council of Governors asking Mr Kenyatta to impose a 30-day ban on all political gatherings in his address today.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Kenya recorded the highest number of infections in a day since January\u2014 at 829 from 6,239 samples as the total infections since March last year rising to 111,185.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. 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