EDITORIAL: Scale up efforts to curb virus spread in counties

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EDITORIAL: Scale up efforts to curb virus spread in counties

The Ministry of Health’s warning that the coronavirus disease will inevitably spread to all counties in a few weeks poses a fresh challenge to the country’s bid to contain the pandemic.

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