This archive report was first published on 21 August 2020.
Garissa County, located near the Somalia border, has been a hotspot for Covid-19 cases in Kenya.
As of March 2020, the county had recorded a total of 203 Covid-19 cases, with the first case reported in Kenya.
According to the County Chief Officer of Health, Abdishukri Abdi, mass testing will help reveal asymptomatic cases and track-and-trace individuals who may be spreading the virus without knowledge.
Mr. Abdi urged residents to take advantage of the free mass testing exercise and present themselves for testing.
Kenya has recorded over 31,000 Covid-19 cases and nearly 600 deaths since the outbreak of the virus.
Kenya is among five African countries projected to record the largest number of Covid-19 deaths on the continent by December 2020, according to a study.
