A fiery Health CS Mutahi Kagwe says the pandemic is spreading at an alarming rate urging Kenyans to change their lifestyle in order to fight the diseases with the estimated fatalities in Kenya standing at 28,000–By Prudence Wanza
Out of 1,115 samples taken, 16 people have tested positive bringing the total number of cases in Kenya to 262. 15 are Kenyans while one is a foreigner and none of them had a history of travel.
Kagwe said 9 of these new cases are from Nairobi, 5 in Mombasa and 1 in Homabay. The CS revealed that the case in Homabay was as a result of a few individuals who traveled to the county from Nairobi and pretended to be attending a funeral carrying an empty coffin.
The individuals were immediately put into quarantine and the driver who ferried the individuals to Homabay county has now tested positive to Coronavirus.
At the same time, Kagwe has warned that the disease is now evenly spread out in City estates with Karen posting 5, Kilimani 6, Kahawangware 3, Pipeline 5, Utawala 4, and Mlolongo 1.
Other estates include; Ngara, Tasia, Parklands, Donholm, Hurlingham, Madaraka and Buru Buru.
However, 7 more people have recovered from the disease bringing the total number of recoveries in the country to 60.
Kagwe has urged Kenyans to follow guidelines set by the government adding that it is not a government’s disease but evryones.
“Until and unless we become self-disciplined this disease is going to finish us,” he said The CS said Kenyans are now fully on their own….if they don’t change their way of life
