On May 18, Kisumu surpassed Nairobi County in the number of Covid-19 cases reported in the country. It recorded 102 cases. On May 19 the county recorded the second-highest number of cases (64) in the country.
Dr Patrick Amoth, the Ministry of Health acting Director-General, on May 5th, reported that 5 cases of Indian variant been discovered in the country before the country banned flights from India.
“We picked this from a sample of Indian travellers who are doing some work in the western part of Kisumu. Health teams are doing contact tracing,” he said. Covid 19 Time Series
“This variant has been picked in Kenya and because of connectivity, it was just a matter of time. You cannot put barriers to prevent a virus from accessing your territory.” added Amoth.