Kenya among states ‘most vulnerable’ to Covid-19

A health inspector screens a tourist at the Mombasa Port. Kenya is vulnerable to huge economic losses due to the coronavirus. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Kenya, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Cambodia and Nepal are the top seven low and middle-income countries most vulnerable to direct adverse economic losses due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in China

A report by global think tank Overseas Development Institute titled Economic Vulnerabilities to Health Pandemics said these countries are most likely to suffer huge economic impacts due to the virus.