2021-03-15 14:55:35 GMT2021-03-15 22:55:35(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
NAIROBI, March 15 (Xinhua) Used gloves, face masks and sanitizer bottles are some of the new waste rising in Kenya due to COVID-19 pandemic. With COVID-19, we have an increased challenge with waste. The protective materials have complicated the country s waste crisis, said Robert Orina, the deputy director for compliance at the National Environment and Management Authority, acknowledging that COVID-19 has worsened Kenya s waste problem.
As the east African nation grapples with a third wave of the disease that has seen cases surge to an average of 800 a day, up from less than 100, the waste arising from COVID-19 is also rising.