Medical insurance providers say covers don't factor pandemics

medical insurance providers will not cover the cost of treatment for coronavirus victims should there be any there are no policies in place the Insurance Regulatory Authority chief executive officer godfrey Kiptyn says at the moment local insurance companies exclude claims relating to epidemics and pandemics and with the World Health Organization declaring the coronavirus a pandemic patients may be forced to dig deeper into their pockets sham tiger in

reports the wild health organization declaration of kovat 19 as a pandemic spells doom for clients of various medical insurance companies not just in Kenya but globally Insurance Regulatory Authority chief executive officer Godfrey coop tomb in a statement says in I quote the insurance will not be able to offer medical insurance cover for the condition at this moment in time Father stating that epidemics and pandemics are excluded in the policy documents calling on those with insurance cover to peruse through the terms sentiment shared by

Jubilee medical insurance general manager dr. Patrick a tango the exclusions that generally apply to insurance policies globally pandemics being some of them war and the reason is for that is to safeguard the financial institutions because such issues can be catastrophic and completely wipe out a financial institution the statement for the states that claims arising or related or associated with epidemics pandemics or unknown diseases why

excluded dr. Gaetano however clarified that it's not a case of absolutes it doesn't mean that insurance would be that heartless to just let our clients you know the fend for themselves we have mechanisms to make the right decisions should there be cases that require us to actually act the insurers also admitting the fact that we're evolving risk over time they may consider it rather than panicking take measures to make sure that our people are well informed of

what the virus is is about and all that disease is about and then be informed of what cautionary measures to take the wild health organization resolved to declare covet 19 a pandemic or into the alarming levels of spread and severity and what to them was alarming levels of inaction director-general Ted Rose at a norm was also concerned that the virus would spread to nations that were unable to contain it the key to containing this virus is to break the chain of transmission the

declaration is also seen as adding some general sense of agency through swift and effective action to contain and mitigate its effects health cabin etiquette my cargo once again insisting the government was prepared there's a lot of dynamism involved in how 200 because it is changing the situation globally is changing every day as the government moves to impose the necessary precautionary measures to contain the spread of the corona virus that is if it ever gets here it must employ a delicate

balancing act to defuse growing tension and anxiety amongst Kenyans as more countries continue to register new infections Chamu try going series and TV narrow beam