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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> The increase in the number of Covid-19 cases is not necessarily as a result of the relaxed lockdown measures, the Health Ministry says.Officials have also dispelled fears that the ongoing cold season may have contributed to the spike in Covid-19 cases which soared to 14,805 yesterday following 637 new patients.<\/div>\n
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Health Director-General Patrick Amoth\u00a0(pictured above)\u00a0<\/strong>said there is no scientific evidence to show that Covid-19 spreads more during the cold season. July is usually Kenya\u2019s coldest month with numerous cases of colds and flu, which are viral illnesses just like Covid-19, recorded.<\/div>\n
\nCoupled with the lifted lockdown measures, many Kenyans expressed fear that the disease might be spreading faster this season. The ministry discounted these fears. \u201cThere is no correlation between the weather and the disease. Brazil has tropical weather but it is now recording the second-highest number of deaths,\u201d said Dr Amoth.Health Chief Administrative Secretary Rashid Aman, while giving yesterday\u2019s updates of the pandemic, said the increase in the number of confirmed cases had been foreseen.<\/div>\n
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By yesterday, the number of confirmed cases stood at 14,805. Yesterday\u2019s figure of 637 was the second-highest recorded in a day, after 688 cases on Saturday, July 18.According to Dr Aman, the current trajectory of the disease was moving as anticipated.\u201cWhether they (cases) have taken a steep curve due to lifting of the lockdown measures is something yet to be established,\u201d said Aman.<\/div>\n
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Lockdown measures on Nairobi, Mombasa and Mandera counties were lifted on July 6, paving the way for inter-county travel.\u201cWe are still looking at the data. Let us watch and see what happens in the next week or so,\u201d said the Aman. He defended the lifting of travel restrictions, saying it was necessary. \u201cIt was not out of ignorance, but striking a delicate balance between controlling the virus and enabling livelihoods,\u201d said Aman.<\/div>\n
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He, however, said the lockdown can be re-imposed noting that this has been done in countries currently battling the virus.\u201cThe switch on and off of opening and locking down should not be a surprise as that is the same way other countries have dealt with the virus,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n
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The country recorded 10 deaths yesterday, a day after reporting 12 fatalities.According to the ministry, hypertension and diabetes are the main underlying conditions contributing to 32 per cent of Covid-19 deaths.<\/div>\n
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