Tag: Covid-19

IMF approves Sh78.4bn loan to shield Kenya economy from Covid-19 shock

So far, Kenya had 581 Covid-19 cases, with two key markets in its two cities having been put on lockdown to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Govt. bans movement in and out of Eastleigh, Old Town as 47 Covid-19 cases confirmed

The national government has ordered, effective today, the closure of Eastleigh and Old Town markets in Nairobi and Mombasa counties respectively. This is after Kenya recorded the highest number of Covid-19 cases confirmed in a single day, with the majority, 33, from Mombasa County. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said that 47 new Covid-19 samples […]

National government distributes free face masks

Garissa County’s six sub-counties — Ijara, Hulugho, Fafi, Dadaab, Lagdera and Balambala — will receive 1,000 face masks each.

Niger Labour minister ‘died from coronavirus’

Mohamed Ben Omar had served as Niger’s labour minister since 2017, the AFP news agency reports.

Family members charged after security guard shot and killed for telling customer to put on a face mask

Michigan security guard got into a verbal altercation with a woman after telling her daughter that she needed a mask to get into a Family Dollar store.

UPDATE: 25 more test positive for Covid-19

In Nairobi, the cases were reported in Eastleigh, Mathare, Umoja, Kahawa West and Kariobangi South estates.

Tanzania’s Health minister suspends national lab director Nyambura Moremi

Magufuli cast doubts on Covid-19 test results released by Tanzania’s national laboraroty claiming some of them were verifiably false.