State plans to use boarding schools for isolation as coronavirus cases hit 59

Health Chief Administrative Secretary Mercy Mwangangi updating the country on Covid 19 at Afya House, Nairobi on March 26, 2020.

A number of boarding schools will be converted into isolation centres if the coronavirus infections overwhelm hospitals, the government said Tuesday, as the confirmed cases of the virus in Kenya climbed to 59.

Health chief administration secretary Mercy Mwangangi, while announcing the confirmation of nine more cases, said the plan is to ensure that additional cases are handled in controlled environments.

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