Curfew Might Tighten Due To Rise In Covid-19 Cases

By Clinton Ochieng

Kenyans are likely to face another lengthy period of Covid–19 restrictions following a rise in the number of infections.

The Ministry of Health said the country was in the middle of a third wave of the coronavirus as the positivity rate climbed to 14 percent. Yesterday the country recorded 713 new cases of Covid-19 out of a sample size of 5,230. This raised the number of cases to 110,356.

Mr. Kagwe asked Kenyans to brace themselves for stricter measures. “It’s now time to start looking back at some of the measures we have taken on whether to make some mandatory requirements of the population.”

The rise in infections means it is likely that President Uhuru Kenyatta will tomorrow extend containment measures, including a dusk-to-dawn curfew that has been in place for almost one year from the day when Kenya reported its first Covid-19 case.

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In the last two weeks, the positivity rate has rarely dropped below five percent. Instead, it has wavered, hitting 9.9 percent on February 28. One of the conditions the government had set for the review of curfew is that the infection rate must be below 5 percent.

The CS appealed to Kenyans to continue adhering to the measures set by the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization.

With an increase in the number of patients in need of ventilators and oxygen, Kagwe urged Kenyans to be more careful so that the cases do not swarm the healthcare system.