Health Workers Test Positive for Coronavirus in Kenyan

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At least 41 employees at the country's largest maternity hospital have tested positive for the coronavirus, Kenya's Ministry of Health said Tuesday.

Director General of Health Dr. Patrick Amoth announced that 19 health care workers and 22 support staff have tested positive at the Pumwani Maternity Hospital in Nairobi.

Medics examine a pregnant woman in an ambulance during the coronavirus night curfew in Nairobi, Kenya June 19, 2020. Picture…

The ministry of health had conducted mass testing at the facility, where more than 100 babies are born each month.   

After visiting the facility Tuesday, Amoth said the government was putting in place measures to stop further spread of the virus.

"We have a remaining batch of 100 staff members to be tested. Out of the 290 who were tested, 41 turned positive," he said. "All these 41 have been on home-based isolation. They qualified for home-based care because a majority of our people are asymptomatic. Ninety percent of the infections we get in our set-up are asymptomatic. That gives us a very good platform to implement home-based care and interventions."

With the increase in coronavirus cases in the country, access to safe health care has been a challenge to both those seeking the services and health care providers. Kenya's ministry of health in the last week announced that 257 health care workers had tested positive.

On Monday, Kenya buried the first doctor to succumb to the ailment. The coronavirus causes the COVID-19 disease.