Barakoa (Masks) During COVID-19: Malevolent Pathogens and Pandemic Responses in Kenya After 600 Days

On 2nd November, 2021, Kenya marked 600 days since the first COVID-19 case was identified and diagnosed in the country, ‘imported’ by a returning traveler from the US by way of London, UK. Since then, Kenya progressively took steps and implemented strategies at the individual, governmental, public health, societal and international levels to combat the pandemic. Some of the strategies mirrored those adopted elsewhere: curfews, lockdowns, masking, social-distancing, closure of high-contact a...