December 7, 2024
Kenya

Kenya confirms first coronavirus case

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Friday said the patient is a 27 year-old Kenyan who travelled from the US via London.





“We have done all the contact tracing and have all the names including the people who sat next to her on the flights she took,” he said.

Consequently, Kenya has suspended all travel outside the country unless necessary.

Public gatherings are also suspended, including all inter-schools events.

The CS said every level 4 and 5 hospital in the country will have an isolation ward funded by the Ministry of Health and the World Bank.

County Governments have also been urged to carry out regular public sensitisation on the coronavirus disease.

“This is not a time to assign blame but one to join hands to ensure this pandemic does not tear through our country. This is not the time to make abnormal prices,” he warned pharmacies and business people.

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