IntroductionCorona Virus (COVID 19) is a disease that was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in January 2020 and is of global concern (Rothan & Byrareddy, 2020) . By March 2020, COVID 19 had spread to over 114 countries with over 45,171 infections and killing over 4,000 people (Kannan et al., 2020). Countries having faced with uncertainty of COVID 19 have adopted mitigation measures including quarantine to influence behavior (Motta Zanin et al., 2020).Kenya is among the countries identified at moderate risk with varying levels of vulnerability to COVID 19 (Kannan et al., 2020). By April 2020, the country had reported over 100 cases (Aluga, 2020). The risk of infection by 2021 in Kenya was 27%, risk of hospitalization was 43% and risk of death was 17% (Boonsaeng et al., 2021). The global COVID 19 tracker as at 19 th August 2021 shows that by December 2021, Kenya had recorded over 300,000 infections and over 5,000 deaths 1 . The tracker indicates that Kenya is among the top 10 countries on reported death cases. The World Health Organization (WHO) also records a total of 4,354 deaths as of 18 th August 2021 2 .During this pandemic period, the Kenya government through the Health Ministry rolled out various public health measures to contain COVID 19 which included creation of public awareness on the disease, advocating for use of masks in public places, practicing hand hygiene by hand washing or sanitizing and social distancing (Aluga, 2020). Additionally, there were international travel bans and cessation of movements in May 2021 in and out of areas that exhibited high rates of infections (Osur et al., 2021) which included Kisumu County 3 . Kisumu County is one of the 47 counties in Kenya with a devolved health system (
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