NAIROBI, Aug 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenya’s president extended a nationwide curfew for 30 days, saying coronavirus cases were rising in areas outside the capital.
In a televised address, Uhuru Kenyatta also ordered bars and nightclubs shut for another 30 days – but increased the number of people allowed to attend weddings, funerals and other events.
“This crisis has however began to percolate to the counties. The new frontier of this invisible enemy is increasingly shifting to the counties and to our rural areas,” he said.
He said infections were slowing in Nairobi and the port and tourism hub of Mombasa.
At present Kenya has 33,389 cases of the novel coronavirus, 567 deaths and 19,368 recoveries, Kenyatta said. — NNN-AGENCIES
