Kenya’s government has identified two areas – one in the capital, Nairobi, and one in the coastal city of Mombasa – that will be shut off for 15 days to try and contain the spread of coronavirus.
It believes the two areas, Eastleigh, a Somali-dominated suburb of Nairobi and Mombasa’s Old Town, have become centres for infection.
In Eastleigh, there are 68 cases of the virus and in Old Town there are 64 out of a national total of 582, AFP news agency reports.
There will be no movement “in and out” of the two places, the ministry of health said in a tweet.
There will be no movement “in and out” of the two places, the ministry of health said in a tweet. Meanwhile in a related development, Floods and landslides in Kenya have killed nearly 200 people since heavy rain began last month across much of the country.
Another 100,000 people have been displaced.
A statement from the presidency said thousands of hectares of crops had been swept away. The rain is expected to continue for weeks.
There are fears that two hydroelectric dams could burst their banks. People living downstream from the dams have been told to leave their homes and seek higher ground.
The Kenyan government says the floods will complicate efforts to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, which has killed 26 people.
Source: Fiilafmonline/BBC
