Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has heightened security measures at entry points and also sent Covid-19 related items to counties located along the border after the number of deaths in neighbouring Tanzania increased. Speaking to Kenyans.co.ke on Saturday, February 20, Kagwe said that they had enhanced port health surveillance, increased testing capacity, and sent personal protective equipment (PPEs) to all border counties. The country last posted its Covid-19 update in April 2019 when the cases stood at 509 with 21 deaths and 183 recoveries. He also limited announcements of Covid-19 information to the President, Prime Minister, the Minister for Health and the government’s Chief Spokesman only. In February 2021, Tanzania lost Zanzibar’s first Vice President, Seif Sharif Hamad and five retired army generals in Covid-19 related deaths.

Source: Daily Nation February 20, 2021 11:53 UTC