Covid-19 testing in Mandera schools suspended as officials seek consensus
Mandera Governor Ali Roba poses for a picture with county officials and medics during the launch of the county's Covid-19 Molecular Laboratory at the Mandera County Referral Hospital on October 19, 2020.
Health executive Mohamud Adan Mohamed said learners and their teachers will only be tested after everyone understands the importance of the exercise.
Education director Adan Roble noted that the testing of learners remains the role of the Ministry of Health.
National examination candidates and Grade Four learners in Mandera County will wait longer to be tested for Covid-19 as the county engages parents on the importance of the exercise.
This is according to county Health executive Mohamud Adan Mohamed, who confirmed one case of the coronavirus disease at Duse Primary School in Mandera East.
