Kenya Rules Out Evacuation of Citizens From China Amid Anxiety Over Coronavirus

29 January 2020

Nairobi — Kenya will not evacuate its citizens from China yet with the primary focus being on containing a viral coronavirus outbreak that has so far claimed 132 lives.

Sarah Serem, Kenya's High Commissioner in China, announced the decision on Wednesday while indicating that she had cancelled her leave to jet back to Beijing from where embassy staff are monitoring the epidemic that broke out in the city of Wuhan, Hubei province.

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