Three people admitted at Kakamega hospital for drinking sanitizer

Coronavirus Sanitizer

Three people admitted at Kakamega hospital for drinking concentrated sanitizer. The trio though its a medicine to be administered. The said, the bottles were given to them but could not understand the directions.

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Mr Elias Onoka, Mr Chris Emonyi and Crisantus Musonye alleged to have drunk the Sanitizers after failed to understand its usage. They thought it was a drug to prevent them from contracting coronavirus.


The Government, however, has insisted that sanitizers are only for external use(Handwash). The Ministry of Health has urged the county government to sensitize on the coronavirus and methods of protecting the family.


The Ministry maintained that anybody who has the symptoms should immediately seek medical advice and self-quarantine. Anybody that will not self-quarantine despite possing the symptoms be reported to the police.