By VERAH OKEYOMore by this AuthorThe Ministry of Health has defended its decision to open restaurants amid a warning from scientists, who fear that the country is not ready for this move. Health Chief Administrative Secretary Rashid Aman on Tuesday read CS Mutahi Kagwe's speech, saying that restaurants, and not pubs, are the only ones that have a window to re-open. “Only restaurants and eateries have been granted the window to reopen but only after meeting the requisite standards of hygiene and safety,” CS Kagwe wrote. Dr Aman said Kenya needed to open the economy to allow people to earn an income. On his Twitter account, Mark Nanyingih, a PhD in disease tracking (epidemiology), wrote that “this (reopening restaurants) may create epidemic foci and enhance community transmission if poorly implemented”

Source: Daily Nation April 28, 2020 17:37 UTC