Tag: coronavirus

Uhuru convenes national, county government summit amid Covid-19 surge

Summit expected to be a status conference that will assess the counties’ state preparedness within the wider national response to the virus.

Sakaja resigns as chair of Senate COVID-19 committee

Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja on Monday announced his resignation as the chairperson of the Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on Covid-19 in Kenya. Sakaja’s resignation came amid his embarrassment after he was found flouting COVID-19 regulations on Friday, July 17. “I take responsibility for having flouted the COVID-19 rules on Friday. I was outside my home after […]

Russia’s UK ambassador rejects coronavirus vaccine hacking allegations

UK security services said hackers targeting vaccine developers “almost certainly” operated as “part of Russian intelligence services”.

Highest number of COVID-19 cases in Kenya reported as 457 recover from disease

The 688 new infections were discovered in 4, 522 samples tested in the last 24 hours, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe says.

COVID-19 cases in Kenya surpass 12, 000 after 389 contract disease

The new infections were discovered in 3, 545 samples tested between Thursday and Friday.

Nelson Mandela’s daughter, Zindzi, died of coronavirus: Family

Zindzi Mandela died in a Johannesburg hospital earlier this week at the age of 59.

Residents of posh Nairobi estate to self-isolate after COVID-19 cases confirmed

Tenants in the upscale Jacaranda Gardens Estate in Nairobi have been ordered to self-isolate for 14 days after Covid-19 cases were confirmed among some of the residents. In a notice to the residents of the expansive estate on Kamiti Road, the management said the positive cases were confirmed by the Ministry of Health Roysambu Sub-County […]