Several multinational corporations have ceased operations as China expands its COVID-19 lockdowns. Authorities placed Shenzhen's 17.5 million residents under lockdown for at least a week on Sunday, citing a surge in Covid-19 infections in the city. According to BBC, Shanghai suspended in-person classes and shut down intercity
Kenya has lifted the mandatory wearing of face masks in public places. The announcement was made by the Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Friday, March 11, 2022. The announcement was made by the Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Friday, March 11, 2022. The following COVID-imposed restrictions
The coronavirus positivity rate jumped to 22.4 percent Friday after 1,609 people tested positive for the virus. The cases were from a sample size of 7176 that were tested in the past 24 hours. Only 38 people recovered from the virus with three succumbing to it, shooting
President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on global and international partners not to shut borders again in the wake of the ravaging coronavirus pandemic. The swift and massive shock of the coronavirus pandemic and shutdown measures to contain the pandemic plunged the global economy into a severe
All persons entering Kenyan borders will be subjected to a mandatory presentation of a negative COVID-19 certificate. This follows a new variant of the virus that has been detected in Botswana, South Africa, and Hong Kong, thus posing a threat to Kenya which has seen a
Medical Insurers spend paid out a total of Ksh.1.3 billion to cover treatment of COVID-19 in fifteen months to June 2021. This is according to data by the Association of Kenya Insurers (AKI), representing 74 percent of the total claims lodged with medical insurers which stood
President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged the global community to remain focused on the fight against malaria despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The President, who is also the current Chairman of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA), said it was unfortunate that COVID-19 had overshadowed all the efforts that had gone
Over a period of three months in lockdown due to COVID-19, 152,000 Kenyan teenage girls became pregnant, a 40 percent increase in the country's monthly average. These numbers, from early July, are some of the earliest pieces of evidence linking the COVID-19 pandemic to unintended pregnancies. According to the
The number of COVID-19 fatalities in Kenya reached 5,082 on Friday, after the Health Ministry announced 47 new deaths. The ministry also reported 394 new infections from a sample size of 7,254 tests conducted over the past 24 hours recording a positivity rate of 5.4 percent. This now takes the
At least 3.3 million COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in Kenya since the launch of the first phase of the vaccination campaign started on March 5, 2021. Of these 859, 453 of adult’s population has been fully vaccinated. In the recent COVID-19 trends over the past week Kenya has been hitting nearly a
