A woman who had tested negative for coronavirus (Covid-19) after isolation at Mbagathi Hospital has returned to the facility.
The woman began displaying flu-like symptoms following her discharge from the Isolation Ward.
She was among the 22 people who had been quarantined at the facility after being in close contact with the first infected case in the country.
In a press conference on March 17, Cabinet Secretary for Health Mutahi Kagwe had stated that the 23 people quarantined at the Mbagathi Hospital Isolation Ward had been cleared to go home. They were requested to self-isolate after they had all tested negative for Covid-19.
"All the 23 from Mbagathi Hospital have been cleared to self-quarantine at home," provided Kagwe.
Before the Cabinet Secretary made his pronouncement however, reports had alleged that one of the patients isolated at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) Infectious Diseases Unit had already been discharged on Sunday, March 15.
The identity of the woman remains unclear but she was one of those quarantined at the facility in relation to the Index 1 Rongai case.
The woman, who spoke to the Daily Nation on Tuesday, March 17 stated that her symptoms set in on Monday evening, She started experiencing a sore throat, a dry cough, a running nose and a headache.
"My test showed I was negative. But I started feeling symptoms of the normal flu last night. I decided to go back as advised by doctors," she stated.
She decided to return to the hospital using public means after trying and failing to reach the hospital.
"No one reached out to me. I even tried to call the hotline numbers they provided but all were busy. I decided to take public means. I am currently in the isolation ward," she said on the phone.
As of Wednesday, March 18, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country stood at seven. The three newly confirmed cases included a Burundian National who arrived in Kenya from Dubai on March 17.
The other two cases were a couple from Spain that had arrived in Kenya on March 4 from Dubai as well.
According to CS Mutahi Kagwe, the biggest threat to Kenya's strategy in combating the virus was Kenyans coming into the country from foreign nations.
