Covid-19 testing in Kenya hits new low

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Dr Joseph Kivindu of Lancet Kenya takes swabs from Makolanders Women Football Club player Tabaka Chacha on December 10, 2020 for Covid-19 testing. PHOTO | CHRIS OMOLLO | NMG

Kenya’s Covid-19 testing capacity has declined, raising concern that this has affected actual infection numbers.

So far, there has been slightly over a million tests conducted, with the Health ministry doing an average of 3,495 tests a day in the last three days.