The female officer had approached her coworker for a greeting when she got bitten by the dog. She was hurried to Jaramogi Oginga Odinga hospital where she was attended to. Following the Corona pandemic, the Ministry of Health passed measures to curb the spread of the virus. Among these measures are standing one meter away from each other and avoiding handshakes. It is, however, not clear if the dog has been trained to respond to that or it reacted due to a different situation.
Is The Dog A Law Enforcement Agent?
A female police officer is nursing serious injuries in Kisumu. She was bitten by a police dog on Saturday, April 11. It was stated that police constable Sharley Asiko attached to Obunga Police Post was bitten when she stretched her right hand to greet the dog handler officer Haron Kiprono.
“It happened that the police dog bit a lady officer. The police dog was being handled by PC Haron Kiprono. She got bit when she moved closer to the dog handler to greet him,” police said
A statement filed at Obunga Police Station. The officer was then taken to Jaramogi Oginga Odinga’s teaching and referral hospital, where she is recuperating. Her health condition is stable, and she will be back to her feet as before.
Health Measure Implemented To Curb The Disease.
Meanwhile, the country reported the first case of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the government, through the Health Ministry, laid down stringent measures aimed at combating the spread of the virus.
Some of these measures included the social distancing rule, where one is supposed to keep a distance from another person. The government further banned handshakes, hugs, and generally any physical contact. Mass gatherings like churches, weddings, funerals, mosques, among others, were as well banned. The Health Ministry made a calling for each one to wash their hands with soap for at least 20 seconds with running water or use alcohol-based sanitizers. It is not precise whether the dog had been trained to deal with anybody who comes close to the handler or who tries to greet him
Updates of Coronavirus in Kenya.
As of Saturday, April 15, more than 100,000 people across the world had been confirmed dead from the pandemic with nearly 1.7 million cases.
Kenya’s total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has risen to 225 by Wednesday, April 15. Health Ministry announced nine more cases, all of them being local with no history of travel and none form quarantine centers. Five cases from Nairobi and four from Mombasa. Their ages lie between nine and sixty-nine years old. While the number of deaths increased by one bringing it to a total of ten deaths. Twelve people have been discharged, bringing along a total of fifty-three recoveries. Mass testing has begun, and the government could only get hold of eight hundred and three samples. The rate of the testing is, however, slow; therefore, there most likely are more positive cases than the ones the government confirmed. The government of Kenya is working as hard as it could to contain the virus each day.
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