KEMRI revises down number of Kenyans exposed to Covid-19


[Source: Daily Nation, by Elizabeth Merab]

The number of Kenyans exposed to the novel coronavirus has been revised down to about 1.6 million from the initial estimate of 2.7million following further analysis of antibody tests.

In a study carried out on samples of blood donated by Kenyans aged 15 to 64 years between April 30 and June 16, researchers at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri), Wellcome Trust in Kilifi revised down the number but said that while the new number of Kenyans who have developed antibodies against coronavirus is lower than…

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