Kenya has confirmed its first Coronavirus case. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Friday said the patient is a 27 year-old Kenyan who travelled from the US via London.
He said that although the patient, a Kenyan, is stable and eating, she will not be released from hospital until she is confirmed negative.
The woman is at Kenyatta National Hospital’s Infectious Disease Unit. The government says it has traced all contacts the patient made since her arrival.
“We have done all the contact tracing and have all the names including the people who sat next to her on the flights she took,” he said.
CS Kagwe has invoked the Public Health Act which requires Kenyans to:
1. Maintain a distance of atleast 1 metre from persons who are coughing.
2. Those coughing and have fever and difficulty in breathing should stay at home.
3. All public gatherings, and events that have large gatherings.
4. Suspension of interschool events but schools will remain open.
5. Public transport operators will be required to regularly clean their vehicles and provide sanitizers to passengers.
6. Suspension of all visits to prisons for the next 30 days.
7. Kenyans have been warned against spreading misinformation
8. Unless absolutely necessary, travelling to affected countries have been banned.
