West Pokot County Grapples With Low Covid 19 Testing Capacity
  • 4 years ago
With All The 47 Counties Reporting Covid-19 Cases, West Pokot County Is Grappling With Lack Of Capacity To Test For Covid 19 As Well As Shortage Of Personal Protective Equipment (Ppes). This Comes After The County Recorded Its First Coronavirus Case And So Far Only A Total Of 163 Tests Have Been Done In The County. Area Governor John Lonyangapuo Has Raised Concern That All Samples Are Sent To External Labs Including Moi Teaching And Referral Hospital [Mtrh] In Eldoret Thus Delays In Testing And Relaying Results.And As Winnie Lubembe Reports,Misleading Theories About Covid-19 Among The Residents Threatens The County's Effort To Fight The Contagion.
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