Major topics covered below include:
May 12: 715 cases, border crossings becoming flash point
May 11: Cases reach 700, mass prisoner release
May 10: 649 cases, Raila worries about Magufuli
May 8: May 8: Govt to foot quarantine bills, cases at 607
May 7: 582 cases, lockdown in Eastleigh, Mombasa City
May 5: KQ’s UK repatriation flight returns
May 4: Cases hit 535, govt decries abuse of relaxed measures
May 3: KQ repatriation flight, Nairobi fumigation
May 2: Case count at 435, mass testing starts
May 1: Case count hits 411, Uhuru vows transparency
May 12: 15 new cases, border crossing concerns
“We are upscaling security on border points and testing truck drivers to contain cross border infections,” CS Dr. Rashid Aman told the press today as he gave case statistics on the coronavirus pandemic.
May 11: 700 cases, mass prisoner release
In the last 24 hours, Kenya tested 841 samples, out of which twenty eight (28) people tested positive for corona virus.
The health ministry has started conducting mass testing in prisons across the country, the local Citizen TV reports
The government has restricted movement in and out the Nairobi and the second biggest city of Mombasa, as well as two other counties in the coastal region.
__Additional reporting from BBC_
649 cases, Raila worries about Magufuli
Ahead of tallies for May 10, Kenya’s close of day stats for May 9 stood at a total of 649 confirmed coronavirus cases, including 30 deaths and 207 recoveries.
May 7: 582 cases, lockdown in Eastleigh, Mombasa City
The government on Wednesday announced a partial lockdown on two virus hotspots, Eastleigh in Nairobi and Mombasa City.