More health experts are against another harsh lockdown, saying it is not worth the pain. Gitahi sits on the National Covid-19 Emergency Response Committee, which is advising the President on what to do. Kenya did not really meet the threshold to be able to confidently declare that Covid-19 had been suppressed,” he said. According to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey, produced by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics in September, more than 1.7 million mostly young Kenyans lost their jobs during the first lockdown. However, experts say Kenyans must also weigh the potentially disastrous cost of not having a lockdown.

Source: The Star November 02, 2020 20:03 UTC