Raila's Aide Philip Etale Tests Positive for COVID-19

ODM party’s Director of Communications Philip Etale has tested positive for COVID-19.

Etale broke the bad news through Twitter on Saturday even as he exuded confidence that he will defeat the virus.

“POSITIVE… Although devastated; I remain strong, determined, and in high spirits. By His stripes, I will triumph. I will be healed. Please pray for me dear friends. In God I Trust,” Etale tweeted.

Etale’s positive diagnosis comes two days after ODM party leader Raila Odinga went into isolation after he tested positive for COVID-19 at the Nairobi Hospital.

Odinga was admitted to the facility days after concluding his tour of the coast region, where he drummed up support for the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI). He complained of general body fatigue and backaches.

Odinga’s spokesperson Dennis Onyango said he is responding well to treatment, adding that none of his family members have tested positive.

“The former premier is okay and stable. All his family have tested negative; the family was not around when he arrived from the Coast,” said Onyango.