Coronavirus victims lose insurance rights after WHO pandemic notice

Nurses wear protective gear at Mbagathi Hospital in Nairobi where an isolation and treatment centre for the new coronavirus was set up on March 6, 2020. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NMG

Insurance firms will not meet medical bills for victims of the deadly coronavirus after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the disease a pandemic.

Standard medical insurance typically excludes epidemics and pandemics, meaning victims of the disease will not be able to recoup coronavirus-related expenses.

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