Navigating new Covid-19 wave in lockdown crisis


Nation | by Eric Osoro and Kariuki Njenga

A steady level of Covid-19 infections in April and June, when the Ministry of Health routinely reported four-eight per cent positive cases, helped inform the government decision to reopen the economy gradually.

Following months of partial lockdown, mostly targeting Mombasa and Nairobi counties, and nationwide dusk-to-dawn curfew, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced phased reopening on July 6 that culminated in the partial reopening of schools on October 12.

A few weeks after this, the number of Covid-19 cases began to rise…

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