Covid-19 Vaccine [Photo: The Hill]
Covid-19 cases are likely to increase in the months of June and July 2022 occasioned by the cold weather in most parts of the country.
Chairperson of the Health Department at the Murang’a Municipal Board – Bernard Muia says the infection rate may also go up, since most people are not observing the Covid-19 health protocols.
Besides the cold weather, Muia notes that the increased political campaigns may cause an upsurge of infections, following growing interactions and congestion during campaign rallies.
“There is a need for everyone to take care and avoid contracting this disease. We don’t want to go back to where we have come from. People have forgotten about health protocols aimed to control the spread of coronavirus. No social distance, especially now that the campaigning period is at its peak. However every individual has a responsibility to take personal initiative and avoid being infected,,” he said.
This is as the Ministry of Health on Tuesday reported a Covid-19 positivity rate of 9 percent, after 280 people tested positive for the disease, from a sample size of 3,105.
Meanwhile, the Migori County government will from July block people who are yet to receive their Covid-19 jabs from accessing services at government health facilities.
Public Health County Director – Kennedy Ombogo says the department has sent out an advisory committee that will soon table its report before the plan is fully implemented.
He says the rising Covid-19 infection rate is a threat to the county and country at large, hence the need for new health protocols and increased Covid-19 jab uptake.
“Migori County, being at the border of Kenya and Tanzania is at a higher risk of recording many COVID-19 cases from neighboring countries amid the rise in infections. However we have enough testing kits as well as vaccines in all the county health facilities,” said Ombogo.
He noted that only 30 percent of people have been vaccinated out of a target of 560,000 persons in Migori.
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