Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua on Sunday said no burial permits will be issued without a covid-19 test result. Mutua said the county had realised that there were more deaths in the villages and needed statistics of Coronavirus deaths. "My government will also subject bodies of people who die in the villages to covid-19 tests before providing burial permits to their kin. This is to establish the actual causes of deaths and the need to protect relatives and others from the risk of covid-19 infection", Mutua said. While cautioning carwash operators to exercise social distancing, Mutua said county hospitals are currently full with Covid 19 patients.

Source: The Star March 28, 2021 16:30 UTC