Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has banned all inland travel in and out of five counties, including the capital Nairobi, to stop a surge of Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No road, rail or air transport will be allowed until further notice, Mr Kenyatta said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He declared Nairobi, Kajiado, Kiambu, Machakos and Nakuru counties to be “disease-infested zones.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All in-person meetings in the counties have been banned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International travel will continue on condition that all passengers present negative Covid-19 certificates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The president has also increased curfew hours to now begin at 20:00 until 04:00 in the five counties, and revoked all special passes that allowed people to travel during the restricted hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sale of alcohol in the areas has been banned and restaurants ordered to do only provide takeaways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kenya\u2019s Covid-19 positivity rate has jumped from 2% to 22% between January and March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The president said at least seven people are dying every day from Covid 19. In Nairobi, six out of 10 people test positive for Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new measures will come into effect at midnight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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