The government Wednesday launched protocols for home-based isolation and care, anticipating to discharge asymptomatic Covid-19 positive cases.
Health Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Rashid Aman said the implementation of the protocols would start “immediately", meaning that, from Thursday, Covid-19 positive patients who do not have any symptoms will start getting discharged.
He noted that it had become untenable to isolate all Covid-19 cases in hospitals due to the increased number of infections, and the challenge in capacity at health facilities.
Many of those reported positive Wednesday were truck drivers most from various border points, the highest being 18 from the Malaba border point in Busia
Turkana also registered seven cases, all of them truckers, at the Nadapal entry point.
Currently, the total number of positive Covid-19 cases in the country is 3,094 and the total number of samples tested is 102,956.
