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Covid Indian variant detected in Kenya

By AFP
May 06, 2021

NAIROBI: A case of the Indian variant of the coronavirus has been detected in Kenya, the country’s health ministry said on Wednesday, a few days after it was also confirmed in neighbouring Uganda.

“This variant has been picked (up) in Kenya and because of global connectivity, it is just a question of time. You cannot be able to put barriers ... to prevent a virus from accessing your territory,” said the ministry’s director general, Dr Patrick Amoth.