Thika

A young man from Gachagi village in Thika, Kiambu County collapsed and died while at home on Saturday eliciting Covid-19 fears.

A team of Public Health Officers and laboratory experts from Thika Sub County were immediately dispatched to the village to collect samples and bag the body for preservation.

Samuel Ngoro, a public health officer from the area said that while such deaths should be treated as Covid-19 suspects, people should stop fearing.

“Arrangements have already been done to have the place fumigated as we wait to know the cause of death,” he said.

He said that such deaths have been happening and the hype currently given to persons who collapse and die is due to the fears of Covid-19.

The incident happened two days after Allan Macharia, the principal for Chania Boys in the same constituency collapsed and died while attending office work.

In Witeithie, Juja Sub County, another man is reported to have also died inside an accommodation room hours after checking in with a lady.

The cause of the man’s death had by the time to going to press not been ascertained.

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By Njoroge Kumenya

An independent Writer.

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