“The proposal will see Ugandan drivers deliver the cargo to its final destination within the country or hand it over to another driver in case the truck is still on transit. The decision follows a spike in the number of foreign truck drivers testing positive for COVID-19. This has raised fears that while Ugandans have been locked in their homes, foreign truck drivers have become the real threat.”
“Experts now worry that with areas that are congested and those that carry most of the urban poor now reporting cases, the risk of community transmission is even higher.”
“Kenya is on the brink of producing ventilators, an industrial breakthrough that will be a huge boost to the war on the coronavirus. The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) made public the prototype of the locally developed ventilator in Nairobi on Tuesday.”
“Experts now agree that should this handwashing culture become entrenched in societies, we can significantly slow down the rate of any pandemic and see a decline in the number of those who get sick and deaths.”
“Many companies are laying off staff, others are sending workers on compulsory leave while the lucky employees have been asked to work from home.”
“The Health ministry had granted us access to the Kenyatta National Hospital Infectious Diseases Unit and the hospital’s satellite Infectious Diseases Unit at Mbagathi hospital. We thought things would be quick but like with everything in government, it took long. We waited for more than an hour to access each unit. When we finally got inside, interviews started almost immediately – the staff giving us a breakdown of what goes on at the facilities and what to expect.”
“Safaricom has committed Sh200 million to provide food and nutrition to Kenyans in need as part of its contributions to the COVID-19 emergency fund. The telco says the cash brings its total contributions in kind and cash to date to Sh5.7 billion.”
