By Kwanta Douglas –
Kenya says it would not implement lockdown restrictions, despite the discovery of Omicron variant cases among two Kenyan travelers and a South African who entered the country last week.
Kenya, according to Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe, has pushed for vaccinations to prevent the spread of the variation.
“We will not be announcing lockdowns or new curfews anytime soon.” “Vaccination is the only way to avert another lockdown,” he stated on Wednesday.
He made the declaration just hours after claiming that despite growing coronavirus diagnoses, there were no new variant cases in the country.
Kenya’s positive rate has been rising, with 799 new Covid-19 cases reported on Wednesday alone, the most in a single day in recent months.
The positivity rate – the proportion of positive tests — increased to 10.5 percent from 6.5 percent, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
Data from the Health ministry shows that the positivity rate — the proportion of tests coming back positive — rose to 10.5 percent from 6.5 on Monday amid the emergence of the infectious Omicron variant.