COVID-19 has killed four Kenyan health workers and infected 450, the health ministry said on Wednesday, as word emerged of a slew of cases in Kenya's biggest maternity hospital.
A woman wearing protective clothes walks past the entrance to the Pumwani Maternity Hospital during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in Nairobi, Kenya, July 15, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
“Health workers handling patients with confirmed or suspected cases of coronavirus disease face an increased risk of exposure to the virus,” Rashid Aman, the chief administrative secretary at the ministry of health, told a news briefing. “Nobody has gone to hospital for care, and we are hopeful that they will be able to pull through without developing any symptoms of COVID,” Amoth told the private Citizen TV on Tuesday.
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