Majority Of Kenyan Medical Workers On Strike Amid Pandemic

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan doctors and other crucial medical personnel in public hospitals Monday started a nationwide strike to protest the lack of personal protective equipment and health insurance for frontline workers fighting against the spread of the coronavirus.

The Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union announced its 7,200 members have been asked to stop working until the government meets their demands.

This means a majority of Kenyan medical personnel in public hospitals are picketing amid a growing pandemic.

Kenya has reported 94,500 COVID-19 cases since the first positive case was detected in mid-March and 1,639 deaths.

More than 36,000 clinicians and nurses began a strike 15 days ago and talks to get them back to work collapsed today, said Austine Oduor Otieno, deputy secretary general of the Kenya Union of Clinical officers. 

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