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Panic has gripped Siaya residents after it emerged that one of those diagnosed with Covid-19 on Sunday visited Ugunja for a funeral. Kagwe said that out of the eight cases, which led to a total of 15 cases, five of them were Kenyans, two were Mexicans and one French. Several residents from Ugunja Sub-County who could have interacted with the cleric at the funeral are also living in fear. The priest is said to have traveled from Europe to his home town of Ugunja to condole with relatives. On Monday, Siaya County Commissioner Michael Ole Tialal confirmed that the priest had tested positive and was at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi. The County Commissioner said the priest came to Kenya from Rome, Italy on March 11, and then proceeded to Ugunja for the funeral. On March, 14, he presided over a funeral mass at Ambira. Mr Tialal noted that the priest later spent the night in Sega, Ugenya, at a fellow priest's house in the parish. Culled from: ...

Criminal gangs have now taken advantage of the Coronavirus crisis to robe Kenyans of their valuables. The gangs are allegedly donating face masks laced with drugs to motorists. The victims end up sleeping immediately and they wear the masks only to wake up without their property. The incident was first reported in Busia County on Tuesday. Busia Deputy Commissioner Joseph Onyango said that they had received reports that the criminals were operating on the Kisumu – Busia Highway. He advised travellers against accepting unsolicited gifts from strangers. In Trans Nzoia County,  fake traditional doctors are reportedly on the loose,  claiming to sell concoctions that may protect people against the dreaded virus. Police in the region have warned the group that it won’t be allowed to operate. President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday warned traders and businessmen against taking advantage of the crisis to hoard commodities or raise prices. He said action will be taken...

Two Italians denied entry into Kenya at Mombasa's Moi International Airport after flying in from Addis Ababa aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight.   Reports indicate that the two Italians arrived on tourist visas.   Marbeillo Fransisco and Marbiello Maurice were singled out because they allegedly had symptoms associated with Covid-19.   As the two were preparing to disembark, officials from a multi-agency team ordered them to stay in the plane.   The other 42 passengers on the same plane were allowed in but asked to self-quarantine for two weeks.   Mombasa County Commissioner Gilbert Kitiyo said, "Yes the two were denied entry after it emerged that they came from Italy. They were later deported to Addis Ababa."   Kitiyo said details of the 42 passengers were taken and that medical and security officers are monitoring them. He did not, however, reveal their nationalities.   "The other passengers did not show any symptoms of...

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When Egypt confirmed its first coronavirus case on February 14, 2020, Africa shivered and many countries were on the alert button.  Other cases were later noted in other countries in Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco. The virus that had looked alien to Africa had just jetted in from China and Europe. Nigeria noted the first case on March 28, becoming the first West African country to have a COVID-19 case. Today, Nigeria confirmed its third case in a Nigerian man who had flown in from the UK and later developed symptoms after 14 days of isolation. South Africa confirmed her first COVID-19 case on March 5 but didn’t panic. As of last week, the South African soccer league was still running as normal. But on Sunday resident Cyril Ramaphosa declared a state of National Emergency and Disaster after the number of coronavirus patients alarmingly rose from 52 to 62. Home   Health & Science How African countries squandered opportunities to contain...