EDITORIAL: Demystify coronavirus
Wednesday, May 20, 2020 0:01
By EDITORIAL
Patients fear that a hospital visit increases their chances of contracting coronavirus.
The measures have sparked fears among sick Kenyans who have stopped going to hospitals for treatment and routine check-ups.
Most health facilities are now grounded as patients' bed occupancies, admissions as well as visits decline.
Patients fear that a hospital visit increases their chances of contracting coronavirus or they may be tested and found to have the virus, then locked up in quarantine facilities.
That the pandemic has weakened health systems and disrupted routine services in hospitals means that the government has not demystified Covid-19, especially the need to be in quarantine.
