This week on corona watch, we will be focusing on social/ physical distancing. Why are the medics insisting on the act and the risk perhaps one is putting themselves or others at by turning a blind side to it?
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One in five girls aged between 15 and 19 in Kenya is either pregnant or has given birth already. The report lays bare the teenage pregnancy crisis, a prick in the conscience of a nation that prides itself as having made strides in education, child protection laws, economic growth and technological advances.
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Mukuru is a belt of slums individually identified as Kwa Reuben, Kwa Njenga & Viwandani. Within these slums, there are smaller settlement areas that can be related to as “estates” such as Sinai, Kayaba etcetera. The Mukuru settlement is caught in a web of industries that pose both a health and environmental risk to the dwellers.
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In the first article on the Covid-19 pandemic, it was established that the virus is only transmitted through droplets generated when coughing, sneezing or speaking. Though not categorized as an airborne disease, the prevalence of the virus in the atmosphere is not entirely ruled out.
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