This archive report was first published on 6 August 2020.
On August 6, 2020, veteran journalist Jeff Koinange made a triumphant return to anchoring Citizen TV's prime time news, announcing his recovery from Covid-19.
After testing positive on July 20, Koinange had been working from home, sharing his journey with his followers on social media.
"So folks, I am in day 19 since I tested positive, that's why I am working from home... some news, after day 14, I tested again... I was negative... people from the clinic have insisted I should test again in 72 hours to get a double negative," Koinange announced at the start of the news bulletin.
Despite being asymptomatic, Koinange had lost his sense of taste, but was grateful for the outpouring of support from Kenyans.
"On the first day, I had like 3,000 messages on WhatsApp, another 2,000 on SMS and tweets. Most of the people have been incredibly warm, they are praying for me, saying 'come back strong, hang in there'. Others are offering all types of cure, they say 'Drink a lot of lemon water, ginger and garlic, take Vitamin C, seat in the sun for like 20 minutes," he said.
