Tag: Covid-19

Be grateful for good health – King Kaka speaks as he recuperates

Rapper and businessman Robert Ombima alias King Kaka has yet again opened up on his health status. In a Saturday, September 11 Facebook post, King Kaka asked his fans to be grateful for good health following his hospitalisation after a misdiagnosis. “Hospitali ceilings are really boring always pray for good health,” King Kaka, who has […]

Job seekers in hospitality industry won’t be employed if not vaccinated, government warns

Acting Director General for Health Dr. Patrick Amoth has warned those seeking hospitality jobs to get vaccinated against Covid-19 or risk not being employed. During a media briefing on health and Covid-19 response held at a Nairobi Hotel on September 9, Amoth explained the importance of the jab for the hospitality industry, casually insinuating that […]

COVID-19: Kenya reports another 363 cases, 16 more deaths

In the latest daily figures, Kenya has recorded another 363 coronavirus cases from a sample size of 4,594 tested in the last 24 hours. In a statement, Health CS Kagwe Mungai says the positivity rate is currently at 7.9%. Of the cases, 359 are Kenyans while 4 are foreigners with 193 being males and 170 […]

‘I lost more than 3kgs in less than two weeks’- Daddy Owen says after recovering from COVID-19

Kenyan gospel singer Daddy Owen shows his negative results days after testing positive for coronavirus. Owen shared the news in an Instagram post on Wednesday morning with a lengthy caption describing the sequence of events. Although he says it felt like he had malaria symptoms, he knew straight away he had the novel coronavirus even […]

COVID-19: Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines to land in August, ahead of Pfizer

Kenya shall on Monday, August 23, 2021, receive 1.7 million doses of the two-dose mRNA Moderna vaccine from the United States through the global COVAX facility, as well as 390,000 doses of the much-awaited single-shot Viral Vector Johnson & Johnson vaccine from the African Union (AU). The J&J vaccine doses are among a cumulative 13 […]

Covid-19: 30 deaths recorded as 1,974 people test positive

The Ministry of Health has announced 1,974 additional cases of Covid-19 after 13,407 people were tested in the last 24 hours. This represents a positivity rate of 14.7 per cent. From the new cases, 1,902 are Kenyans while 72 of them are foreigners. In terms of gender, 1,050 are females while 924 are males. The […]

Over 400 commuters and matatu crew charged for flouting COVID-19 rules in Nairobi

Commuters and matatu crew charged for flaunting Covid-19 rules in Nairobi