Kenyans express their frustration at extended national #curfew
Kenyans have called for the government to take more concrete steps to combat Covid-19, such as mass vaccination.
CAPE TOWN, July 30 (ANA) – Frustrated with the extension of the national curfew, Kenyans on social media have called for the government to take more concrete steps to combat Covid-19, such as mass vaccination.
“Announcing numbers and curfews daily will not stop the virus. We need to be serious with vaccination and testing,” a Twitter user said.
“All ’Health CS Mutahi Kagwe’ knows is #Curfew! Curfew! and Updating Covid deaths. Apart from these Silly updates what are you guys doing as a Government, any plans to conduct mass Vaccination??” wrote another.
Their growing exasperation has come about after Health Cabinet Secretary (CS) Mutahi Kagwe revised the curfew measures during a live television address on Friday, according to local news platform The Standard.
Thirteen counties had been labelled as Covid-19 hot spots and they were subsequently put on a 7pm to 4am curfew. But as infections in those counties decrease, they have joined the rest of the country on a 10pm to 4am curfew.
Other new measures include virtual meetings only, remote working for non-essential services and allowance of a third of the capacity to be taken up at places of worship, the Ministry of Health stated.
“All Kenyans, including those who have received the Covid-19 vaccines should not to let their guard down,” the ministry said
The ministry’s latest statistics reveal over 1.7 million Covid-19 vaccines have been administered as of July 29. A cumulative total of more than 200,000 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed, with nearly 4,000 related deaths as of July 30.
Speaking to Sky News on Thursday, President Uhuru Kenyatta said: “We are going to fight day and night until we ensure there is equity in the provision of [vaccines].”
Asked his opinion on having the funds for vaccines but being unable to access them as they have been reserved by “rich nations”, Kenyatta responded that vaccine nationalism illustrates how unequal the world is.
Kenyatta has been in the UK for the Global Education Summit (GES), which he co-hosted with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, State House reported.
– African News Agency (ANA); Editing by Yaron Blecher