Kenyan operator Safaricom's Foundation has handed over personal protective equipment (PPE) worth over KES 7 million to healthcare workers in Meru, Kajiado and Baringo in support of the fight against the coronavirus in those three counties. 

Healthcare workers in Meru will receive N95 masks, hazardous materials suits, face shields, surgical gowns and masks as well as hand sanitsers. In Kajiado County, 200 health workers will receive face masks, eye protectors, gloves, sanitizers and protective clothing. In Baringo County, the PPE will benefit 300 health workers in two health centres and an isolation facility. The equipment includes N95 masks, surgical masks and protective clothing. 

In April Safaricom donated KES 200 million through the Safaricom and M-Pesa Foundations towards providing cash transfers for food to support vulnerable communities as well as thermal cameras worth KES 10 million to the Ministry of Health installed in various border entry points.