This archive report was first published on 25 May 2020.
As of May 22, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic had claimed 50 lives and infected 1,161 people in Kenya.
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has announced that more than 11,000 healthcare workers have been trained to battle the pandemic, with a goal to train even more to help suppress its spread.
"In collaboration with the County Governments, the ministry rolled out training of trainers' programmes and to date, at least 7 health care workers in every county have been trained," Kagwe said during a news conference in Machakos.
He assured health workers of their safety, acknowledging that they often work in difficult environments and are at risk of contracting the virus from patients.
"We are aware that our health workers sometimes work under very difficult environment and very difficult circumstances where they are at a risk of contracting the virus from the patients they are handling. This is as a major concern for the ministry of health, and to mitigate this, we will continue to provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to be used by the workers," Kagwe said.
