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Covid-19 Outbreak at St Andrew's School, Turi

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Nyakundi Report

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This archive report was first published on 11 July 2020.

On July 11, 2020, the Nakuru County Health Department confirmed that 17 people had tested positive for Covid-19 at St Andrew's School in Molo, Nakuru County.

The cases were discovered after 24 samples were collected from the facility, and the individuals have been isolated in the school as contact tracing begins.

According to Dr. Gichuki Kariuki, the county health executive, the patients are asymptomatic and range in age from one to 46.

The outbreak is believed to have occurred after a group of visitors toured the school recently in a private chopper, and the individuals who tested positive were planning to travel back to their countries after Kenya lifted the ban on international flights on August 1st.

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