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Low Turnout as Kenya Offers Free Testing in Feared Coronavirus Hotspots

Rael Ombuor

   NAIROBI - Kenya is offering free testing for the coronavirus in densely
   populated, high-risk areas of Nairobi but the Ministry of Health says
   that so far, it's been a low turnout. The testing, which kicked off
   Friday and continues this week, has uncovered dozens of new positive
   cases.

   On Monday morning, 25-year-old Martin Wakwayika was one of the hundreds
   in Eastleigh, a neighborhood in Nairobi's central business district,
   who turned up at a temporary Ministry of Health stand to get tested for
   the coronavirus.

   Having recorded more than 50 coronavirus cases, Eastleigh is one of the
   most densely populated neighborhoods in Nairobi that Kenya's Ministry
   of Health warned might be a coronavirus hotspot.

   The ministry on Friday began mass testing in the targeted areas, with
   hundreds of residents like Wakweyika volunteering themselves for
   testing.

   "I went to get tested to know if I was OK,"Eastleigh said. "I have two
   children in the house and I am always out working, so I had to know if
   I am OK."

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