Kenya cordons off coronavirus hot-spots in two main cities

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Covid-19 cases are mounting in some areas of the country, which says a complete lockdown is too much for the urban poor to bear

Kenya’s health minister announced on Wednesday that one suburb of the capital Nairobi, as well as a part of the port city of Mombasa, will be cordoned off due to skyrocketing cases of the coronavirus in those areas.

Health minister Mutahi Kagwe said that from Wednesday, for the next 15 days, “there shall be cessation of movement” in and out of Eastleigh and Mombasa’s Old Town. Kenya has stopped short of ordering a full lockdown, like many of its neighbours. Observers have warned that to do so would be a disaster for the millions of urban poor who live hand to mouth in slums in the capital.

 

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