Nation | by Nyambega Gisesa and James Murimi
A British military base in Nanyuki was placed on total lockdown on Monday after fears spread that soldiers who arrived in the country last week might have come with the new variant of the coronavirus.
The new strain, first recorded in the UK on December 14 and reported to be 70 percent more transmissible than the one in Kenya, has been blamed for harsher Covid-19 restrictions and travel bans in London.
“Batuk (British Army Training Unit in Kenya) camp has been placed into enhanced isolation after…
