5 Cases of Deadly Indian Covid-19 Variant Confirmed in Kenya
Indian covid-19 variant has been detected in the country, therefore, Kenya becomes the second country in the East Africa Community (EAC) to confirm the strain.
Gathogo Wanjiru 
The Health Ministry confirmed five cases of the Indian variant on Wednesday in Kisumu County.
According to the acting Director-General of Health Patrick Amoth, individuals who tested positive for the variant work at a fertilizer plant near Kibos Sugar.
He however emphasized that the cases were reported last Thursday before the ban on flights from India.
Uganda became the first East African country to detect the Indian variant on April 29.
India is reporting an increase in the number of coronavirus cases and fatalities, raising alarm over the situation in the second-most populous country in the world.
20 million people in India have tested positive for the virus and 226,000 have succumbed to the virus, with reports indicating that the situation has left hospitals and crematoriums in the country overwhelmed.
Kenya recorded 489 new Covid-19 cases from a sample of 4,426 tested in the last 24 hours, therefore, bringing the total number of positive cases to 161,393 and a positivity rate of 11%.
