This archive report was first published on 21 May 2020.
Published on May 21, 2020, Nairobi Metropolitan Service (NMS) has launched a free Covid-19 mass testing programme across all 17 sub-counties in Nairobi.
The initiative comes as a relief to Nairobi residents, who have been without mass screening and fumigation for over a month due to lack of funds.
The free mass testing programme aims to target communities at the ward level, with schools and open grounds being used as testing centers.
According to a notice by NMS Director for Health Services Dr Josephine Kibaru-Mbae, the exercise will be supervised by qualified health personnel to ensure the process is conducted in an organised manner.
The programme has already begun in some parts of Kamukunji, Dagoretti, and Embakasi East sub-counties, with the exercise set to cover all 17 sub-counties over the next two weeks.
Residents of Eastleigh, which is under extended partial lockdown, were among the first to be targeted, with health personnel pitching camp at Zawadi Primary, St Teresa’s Boys Secondary, and New Eastleigh Primary School.
The exercise will move to different areas of Nairobi over the next two weeks, including Utawala, Embakasi Central, West, Starehe, Westlands, Langata, Kibera, Kasarani, Roysambu, Ruaraka, Mathare, Makadara, and Kamukunji.
