• Kenya has 12 more Covid-19 cases.
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Businesses have been urged to go paperless bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Health CAS Mercy Mwangangi on Friday said, "Less physical interactions will go a long way in reducing chances of infection as it allows people to have less contact with each other."
" I am appealing to those in various offices and business institutions to minimise the use of hard copies in their transactions and adopt the use of paperless modes, especially for letters and other documents," she said.
The CAS was speaking during a press conference where she announced that Kenya has 12 more Covid-19 cases.
This now brings the number to 122 cases. Out of these, 11 are Kenyans and one is Somali.
She confirmed that Kenya has lost one other patient to Covid-19. A six-year-old boy with a pre-existing condition succumbed to Covid-19.
Further, Mwangangi urged those hoarding oxygen cylinders to release them so they can be put in use.
The oxygen cylinders are essential to deal with cases of full-blown infection.
The virus attacks the lungs and becomes harder for patients to get enough oxygen into their bloodstream to support their kidneys, liver and heart. In cases where pneumonia inhibits breathing, treatment involves ventilation with oxygen. Ventilators blow air into the lungs through a mask or a tube inserted directly into the windpipe.
A New England Journal of Medicine study of 1,099 hospitalised patients with the coronavirus in China found that 41.3 per cent needed supplemental oxygen and 2.3 per cent needed invasive mechanical ventilation.