{"id":15395,"date":"2020-05-20T09:40:05","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T06:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=15395"},"modified":"2020-05-20T09:40:08","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T06:40:08","slug":"kenya-sends-back-182-foreigners-with-covid-19-to-tanzania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/20\/kenya-sends-back-182-foreigners-with-covid-19-to-tanzania\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya sends back 182 foreigners with COVID-19 to Tanzania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kenya&#8217;s health officials have denied entry to 182 foreigners who tried to enter the country at various points on its border with Tanzania after testing positive for coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the cases, 126 tested positive in the main border crossing of Namanga. The others were diagnosed in four other border points. The nationalities of the foreigners were not disclosed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kenya\u2019s President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday closed borders with Tanzania and Somalia following an increase in cross-border infections. Cargo vehicles were exempted, but drivers have to be tested for coronavirus at border points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We can not allow people from outside Kenya to come in without a Covid-19 free certificate, just like we are not allowing Kenyan drivers to leave without a certificate,\u201d Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe told a media briefing on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat would have happened had we not taken the measure of testing at the border is that the cases being reported in the country would have gone up,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another 18 coronavirus cases were picked up along the Kenya &#8211; Somalia border in the northern region of Kenya. 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