Seventeen passengers were on Thursday arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) while in possession of fake Covid-19 clearance certificates. The passengers were nabbed after their documents were subjected to special scanning. Police officers are in hot pursuit of four more passengers said to have been holding fake Covid-19 clearance certificates. During the arrest at JKIA, fake yellow fever certificates were also confiscated in the operation that was conducted by port health officials from the Ministry of Health. UAE issues visa ban against 13 countries, including Kenya: Meanwhile, 17 people arrested at JKIA carrying fake Covid-19 clearance certificates.#NTVTonight pic.twitter.com/hb5g4BTjcx — NTV Kenya (@ntvkenya) November 26, 2020It is reported that a recent flight from Kenya to Dubai had about 100 Kenyans who were found with fake Covid-19 free certificates and up to half of them later tested positive at the airport.

Source: Daily Nation November 27, 2020 05:37 UTC