Tag: Ministry of Health

Gov’t extends 10pm-4am curfew across the country

The Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has announced the extension of curfew hours for 60 more days This comes after the expiry of 60 days that President Uhuru Kenyatta had directed for the adherence 10 pm to 4 am curfew. According to the gazette notice issued by the CS dated May 28, the curfew hours […]

COVID-19 cases soar to 10,105 with 379 new infections

Kenya’s COVID-19 cases crossed the 10,000 mark on Sunday about four months since the virus was first reported in the country. In a statement on Sunday, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe announced that 379 more people tested positive for coronavirus. The new cases, CS Kagwe said, were confirmed from a sample of 7,050 tested over […]

Kariobangi South residents want mass testing as panic spreads after family quarantined

Panic spreads in Kariobangi South after family is removed from their house for quarantine as a family member tests positive for COVID-19.

Revealed: Most counties not ready to tackle Covid-19 pandemic, Senate team warns

The majority of county governments are either not ready or ill-prepared to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic which is now in at least 21 counties, representatives of healthcare workers, unions and professional associations have said. They include health workers unions such as the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Union, Kenya Union of Clinical Officers and the […]

How Sh8 billion for Covid-19 from Govt and donors was allocated and spent

Ministry releases to the National Assembly documents detailing Covid-19 response budgets and funds utilisation.

Six more test positive for coronavirus disease, total now 197

In a statement to newsrooms, the Ministry of Health said that it tested 766 samples in the last 24 hours, out of which six were positive.

Health ministry receives Covid-19 testing kits, masks donated by Jack Ma

Jack Ma has honoured pledge to donate 1.1 million testing kits, 6 million face masks and 60,000 protective suits for distribution in Africa.