Mombasa businesses allowed to open under strict safety measures
The Mombasa county government has allowed several businesses that had been earlier closed over the COVID-19 to reopen but under strict health safety conditions. In a press release jointly signed by governor Ali Hassan Joho and the Mombasa county commissioner Gilbert Kitiyo, the premises allowed to resume business include eateries, hotels, and restaurants. Others allowed […]
Highest numbers registered as 10 more die and 213 test positive for COVID-19
Kenya recorded the highest number of COVID-19 deaths and positive cases in a single day after 10 people died and 213 tested positive from the virus on Thursday. The number of samples tested was also the highest since the testing started countrywide, with 6,024 samples being tested over the last 24 hours. Health ministry Chief […]
Government appoints Inter-Faith council to oversee re-opening of worship places
The government on Friday appointed an 11-member council tasked with overseeing a gradual reopening of places of worship across the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The council, to be chaired by Archbishop Antony Muheria of the Nyeri Catholic Archdiocese, is required to develop protocols for on-site worship under the prevailing COVID-19 circumstances. “The council will […]
Kenyan and EAC flags to fly at half-mast in honor of late Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday directed that all Kenyan and the East African Community flags be flown at half-mast from Saturday, in solidarity with Burundi following the death of president Pierre Nkurunziza. Through a Presidential proclamation, president Kenyatta said the flags shall fly at half-mast at all public buildings, grounds, and all of Kenya’s embassies […]
Three more die as 121 others test positive for COVID-19
Mombasa county recorded 20 more positive COVID-19 infections out of 121 new cases recorded across the country over the last 24 hours, the same time as three more people died from the deadly virus in the country. The three fatalities were all recorded from hospitals in Nairobi, the health ministry, said on Thursday. The 121 […]
National and County Governments agree on gradual re-opening of economy
The national and county governments on Wednesday agreed on a raft of COVID-19 response measures that needed to be implemented countrywide to facilitate a gradual re-opening of the country’s economy that has been ravaged by an on-going curfew and movement restrictions. The measures are aimed at safeguarding Kenyans against adverse health and socio-economic impacts of […]
Safaricom closes shops in Mombasa over COVID-19
Mobile telephone service giant Safaricom on Tuesday announced it had closed two of its shops in Mombasa to allow for cleaning, in efforts to curb the Coronavirus spread. The two shops in Nyali and Mombasa’s Rex house will close for two days and reopen this Thursday after the cleaning exercise, the company, said in a […]
Mombasa returns to top with 40 new COVID-19 infections
Mombasa county on Thursday accounted for 40 infections out of the 124 new COVID-19 infections nationally, topping the list again after Nairobi and Busia which recorded 38 and 26 new positive cases respectively. Out of the 40, Mvita and Kisauni had 14 cases each while Changamwe recorded 11, health cabinet secretary, Mutahi Kagwe, said. The […]
Two more succumb to COVID-19 in Mombasa
Two more people have died from the deadly COVID-19 in Mombasa in the last 24 hours, out of the three new deaths recorded countrywide, the health ministry, said on Thursday. Health Cabinet secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the two had other underlying health conditions that complicated their treatment, while the third victim died in Kiambu county. […]
KEPSA urges gov’t to re-open economy
Members of the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) have called on the government to gradually and partially re-open the country to preserve the economy and support health response to the COVID-19. Speaking during a virtual meeting with the government chaired by interior cabinet secretary Fred Matiang’ i, KEPSA Chief Executive Carole Karuga said the effort must be made […]