NAIROBI (KENYA) – Kenya’s president prolongs a nationwide curfew for another month on Wednesday, even as coronavirus cases were increasing in areas outside the capital.
Uhuru Kenyatta also ordered bars and nightclubs to be shut for another 30 days. However, it has increased the number of people allowed in weddings, funerals and other events.
He said, “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.”
At present Kenya has 33,016 cases of the novel coronavirus, 564 deaths and 19,296 recoveries, Kenyatta said.
“Even under COVID, our economy is growing at 4.6% compared to 5.5% at the same time last year,” he said.
“The current economic indicators without doubt are lower- but definitely far better than we ever anticipated.”
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