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COVID-19 in Kenya
 
 
 
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Independent Researcher, KENYA
 
 
Online publication date: 2020-04-07
 
 
Publication date: 2020-04-07
 
 
Electron J Gen Med 2020;17(6):em231
 
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COVID -19 meaning Coronavirus disease which is severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) discovered in the year December 2019 at Wuhan in China after an outbreak an infectious disease causing respiratory illness - pneumonia. SARS-CoV-2 was previously known as 2019 novel Coronavirus disease or 2019-nCov. Kenya has 122 positive cases of COVID-19 as at 4th April 2020, four deaths and three recoveries as reported by the Government of Kenya.
 
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