![]() May 5: KQ’s UK repatriation flight returns Nairobi and Mombasa have been previously placed under similar measure being the most impacted counties. Kenya case statistics as of May 7 stood at 582 cases, 190 recoveries and 26 deaths. The cases tally for the two areas stood at 68 and 64 respectively. Under the measure, there shall be no movement into and out of the places.Īll public places in the two areas are to be shutdown. The 15-day measure took effect same day starting 7pm local time. ![]() The government on Wednesday announced a partial lockdown on two virus hotspots, Eastleigh in Nairobi and Mombasa City. ![]() May 7: 582 cases, lockdown in Eastleigh, Mombasa City Kenya has as of May 7 confirmed a total of 607 coronavirus cases, including 29 deaths and 197 recoveries. Mass testing measures rolled out in the capital and coastal city of Mombasa has received low turnout much to the concern of authorities. President Kenyatta at the time vowed that all of them will be rearrested and quarantined duly. Recently, a group of people quarantined in the capital Nairobi jumped the walls of the facility and escaped. Most government isolation facilities are charging at least $20 (£16) a day, the BBC reported. The situation is not helped by a delay in setting aside funds for the pandemic response, which is reliant on the eventual passing of the country’s 2020/21 budget.Since the start of the pandemic, many people have been stuck in isolation centres long after they were supposed to leave because they cannot afford the bills. Last week the government also said it was looking to the hospitality industry in an effort to increase the number of available beds. Those returning were screened, she said, and 13 taken to isolation facilities after exhibiting symptoms. “More than 1,000 Basotho arrived from South Africa over the past few days: 664 came through porous borders from 3 to, 500 came from South African prisons and 97 were held back by the lockdown in that country,” Ranyali-Otubanjo said. Health ministry official Makhoase Ranyali-Otubanjo said last week alone 1,000 people had returned from South Africa, whose border with Lesotho remained closed because of the pandemic. Thabane said such actions could sharply increase the number of infections in Lesotho. Last week Lesotho’s prime minister, Thomas Thabane, expressed disappointment that hundreds of people were taking advantage of the two countries’ porous borders to illegally come back into Lesotho. South Africa has the highest number of Covid-19 cases on the continent, and by Wednesday had recorded 11,300 cases and more than 200 deaths. There are also fears that more cases could arise as many Lesotho nationals continue to ignore the government’s pleas not to illegally cross back into the country from neighbouring South Africa, which has been hit harder by the virus. The ministry said it would continue to carry out active case-finding through screening and testing of all suspected cases at designated points of entry and at health facilities while monitoring those in quarantine. “To date, we have sent 597 specimens for testing at NICD, 295 are negative and 301 are still pending.” ![]() The health ministry said on Wednesday it was waiting for results to come back from South Africa. The lockdown was lifted against the advice of the inter-ministerial committee which said the country was not prepared to deal with a possible outbreak since its quarantine facilities comprised just 148 beds.Īs news reached the capital, Maseru, some people expressed fears that the country’s health system was ill-equipped to handle Covid-19. Lesotho’s lockdown started on 30 April and lasted until 5 May. The first positive case comes a week after the country lifted its national lockdown. Eighty people tested negative for Covid-19 while one tested positive.”Įarlier on Wednesday, the inter-ministerial committee tasked with spearheading Lesotho’s Covid-19 response had tweeted that the positive case “was imported from the Middle East and the patient has no signs and symptoms”. “On the samples were shipped to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) in South Africa and results were obtained on. Photograph: Molise Molise/AFP via Getty Images Many people are defying the government to cross illegally between the two countries. The Maseru Bridge border post between Lesotho and South Africa. ![]()
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