Failed contact tracing leaves Covid-19 quarantine centres empty

Friday, August 21, 2020

A Covid-19 isolation centre at Bondeni Sub-County Hospital in Nakuru town.

Photo credit: Francis Mureithi | Nation Media Group

Health&Environment reporter

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

Governors have complained of a prolonged turnaround time.
Contact tracing has become difficult especially in Nairobi and other counties with high infections like Kiambu and Mombasa.
This is due to sustained community transmissions.
In the 43 counties, there are 1,881 patients in home-based isolation care.

With a messed-up contact tracing in the country, the number of suspected Covid-19 cases in quarantine facilities has reduced significantly.

Seventeen counties which have quarantine facilities do not have a single person in those centres, according to the Council of Governors (CoG).