Operations at the Devolution Ministry have been suspended until further notice after 18 employees tested positive for Covid-19.
As a result, all members of staff were directed to go on self-isolation for 14 days having interacted with their infected colleagues.
Devolution Principal Secretary Charles Sunkuli said the 18 cases were detected from 128 samples taken from the ministry’s workers.
“Following the mass testing for Covid-19 that was done on July 23, 2020, it has come to our attention that 18 officers tested positive for the disease out of 128 samples,” said PS Sunkuli in a memo.
“The purpose of this memo is to request you to inform all officers working in your departments to isolate themselves for the next two weeks from 3rd to 16th August, 2020.”
He said all workers will be tested afresh after the two-week isolation period elapses to confirm their statuses.
“I wish to thank the officers who undertook the test and since the test results were delayed, we need to do a further testing after the two weeks,” he said.
As of Tuesday, there were 23,202 confirmed Covid-19 cases in Kenya, 388 fatalities and 9,327 recoveries.
