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Kenya: Quarantine Conditions Undermine Rights
HRW, 28 May 2020
Kenyan authorities are potentially facilitating transmission of the Covid-19 virus while forcefully quarantining tens of thousands of people in facilities that lack proper… Read more »
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Kenya: Take COVID-19 Testing to All Counties, Governors Tell State
Nation, 28 May 2020
Governors now want the national government to develop an intense procedure to ensure Covid-19 testing is conducted in all the 47 counties. This, they say, will boost the number of… Read more »
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Kenya: COVID-19 Scare Hits City Hall As Staff Tests Positive
Nairobi News, 27 May 2020
Coronavirus scare has hit City Hall after officers at the procurement department were sent home after one of them tested positive for Covid-19. Read more »
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Kenya: Tea Exports Fall on COVID-19 Curbs
Nation, 27 May 2020
Tea exports to top three markets declined significantly in the first quarter as the world grappled with the Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on global trade. Read more »
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Kenya: GoK Frustrated as Kenyans Give Wrong Contacts During COVID-19 Testing
Nairobi News, 26 May 2020
The government has been left frustrated by individuals who are giving false personal details while testing for Covid-19. Read more »
Kenya's Quarantine Conditions Reportedly Undermining Rights
The authorities have held crowds of people in the arrivals area at the Nairobi airport for more than four hours with no social distancing, sanitizers,or masks. They ferried people in packed buses with little ventilation and at the quarantine facilities they failed to enforce quarantine guidelines issued by the health ministry. The authorities also have forced people into quarantine for violating curfew or for not following orders to wear face masks, according to Human Rights Watch.
Residents of Kawangware, in Nairobi, present themselves for coronavirus testing (file photo).
InFocus
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President Uhuru Kenyatta has hinted that he may relax the curfew and containment measures in several counties that were implemented on March 2. He has also announced allocating ... Read more »
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Researchers are seeking approval to conduct the trials to determine if Remdesivir, an antiretroviral drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency treatment ... Read more »
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