President Kenyatta has extended the nationwide curfew for a further 30 days as Kenya’s Covid-19 cases climbed to 2,600.
Addressing the nation from State House, Nairobi on Saturday, Kenyatta also said the number of Covid-19 fatalities increased by four to 83.
Uhuru indicated that due to the rising number of Covid-19 infections in the country, it would be illogical for the government to relax containment measures.
He further noted that health professionals and public practitioners warned of the danger of relaxing the restrictions since Kenya was yet to meet a list of three thresholds for relaxation.
“The irreducible minimum for lifting restrictions has three thresholds; One, to open up, the infections must be contained and the number of infections and deaths must be headed downwards. This is currently not the case in our country,” Kenyatta noted.
“Our healthcare system must be prepared sufficiently to take on a surge in infections. It must not be overwhelmed at any one point during this pandemic. Access to testing, isolation, and quarantine must be a bare minimum in our health facilities. This is not the case currently.”
“The capacity for surveillance and contact tracing must also be fully in place across the country,” he added.
Uhuru, as a result, announced the extension of the countrywide curfew for 30 more days. The curfew will run between 9 pm and 4 am instead of 7 pm to 5 am as it was previously.
He further extended the ban on all forms of social and political gatherings as well as the cessation of movement of people in and out of Nairobi, Mombasa, and Mandera counties for an additional 30 days.
The Kenyan government should…
The Kenyan government should stop burying people in the middle of the night.
Bury people who died of corona during the day, otherwise it’s clear
WHO is just aiding and abetting murder and genocide in Kenya .
Tanzania Reopens
America…
Tanzania Reopens
America reopens
Kenya extends curfew
God’s Masterplan still unfolding; Keep watching!!
Continued lockdown is only…
Continued lockdown is only good if massive testing is in place. One month will go and not even half the population is tested, what good is that. All teachers and students must be tested before school starts such that those who test positive can be isolated and start treatment, as the government claims, before school starts. The opening of schools in Kenya is a thorny issue, i see schools closed until next year. Parents have no money to take there children to school come September, unless the government meet this expense.