This archive report was first published on 18 June 2020.
On June 17, 2020, the Ministry of Health's Chief Administrative Secretary Dr. Rashid Aman announced that 13 employees based in Meru County had tested positive for Covid-19.
These cases bring the total number of Safaricom staff who have tested positive for the coronavirus to 14, following another employee who was reported to have contracted the virus on Friday last week.
According to Meru Health Executive Misheck Mutuma, about 42 contacts of the patient who was isolated on Friday had been quarantined by Wednesday.
"The 13 positive tests are from the 42 contacts who are in quarantine. We have embarked on tracing more contacts from the new cases," Mr. Mutuma said.
Following the confirmation of the Covid-19 case on Friday, Safaricom closed its Meru shop until further notice.
Meru Health Chief Officer James Kirimi said contact tracing had been escalated following the record number of coronavirus cases in the county.
"The 13 include seven males and six females. We are well prepared to manage all the patients at the Meru Teaching and Referral Hospital," Dr. Kirimi said.
