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The former Premier was taken ill at Nairobi Hospital on Tuesday, following fatigue complaints and underwent a series of tests.
David Oluoch-Olunya, Raila’s doctor, he had contracted Covid-19 and was responding well to treatment.
In a statement on Thursday, Raila told Kenyans that Covid-19 is real and urged them to observe all stipulated measures.
Kenya s Raila Odinga in isolation after testing positive for Covid-19
Friday March 12 2021
Summary
Nation that he was fit and had insisted on going home.
ODM leader becomes the highest-profile political leader in Kenya to contract the virus.
Covid-19, now in its third wave, has so far claimed 1,899, according to Health ministry statistics.
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Kenya s Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga spent Thursday night in quarantine after testing positive for Covid-19 at a city hospital.
Mr Odinga is battling the virus at The Nairobi Hospital where he was admitted on Tuesday after developing “fatigue”, according to his family.
“Following my letter of the 10th of March 2021, we have confirmed that Rt. Hon. Odinga has SARS-2 Covid-19,” his personal doctor, David Olunya, said in a statement to newsrooms.