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Kenya: Nairobi and Mombasa Are COVID Hotspots
Capital FM, 25 June 2020
The Ministry of Health Wednesday said Mombasa and Nairobi Counties are leading with the highest attack rates of COVID-19 at 107.9 and 55.2 per 100,000 population respectively as… Read more »
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Kenya: Nairobi Virus Rate Dwarfs National Average With 107 Cases Per 100,000 People
Capital FM, 25 June 2020
The Ministry of Health Wednesday said Mombasa and Nairobi Counties are leading with the highest COVID-19 infection rates at 107.9 and 55.2 per 100,000 population respectively as… Read more »
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Kenya: COVID-19 Risk Greater in Mombasa County
Nation, 24 June 2020
You're more likely to contract Covid-19 in Mombasa than in any other county, though Nairobi has the highest number of cases. Read more »
Nairobi and Mombasa Identified as COVID-19 Hotspots
Health Chief Administrative Secretary, Mercy Mwangangi, has attributed the surging rate of infection to high importation of cases into the two counties at the beginning of the pandemic. The ministry of health urged people residing in Nairobi and the coastal city to be more alert and adhere to the guidelines issued by the government.
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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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The government in March introduced a raft of measures including banning of all passenger flights, temporary closure of bars, suspension of learning in all education institutions, ... Read more »
A Nairobi resident uses improvised materials to protect himself from the novel coronavirus.
