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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Wednesday, March 17, announced that 1,279 people had\u00a0tested positive\u00a0for Covid-19, out of a sample size of 7,450\u00a0tested in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n

The total confirmed positive cases now stand at 116,310 and the total tests conducted so far are 1,387,440.\u00a0From the cases 1,218 are Kenyans while 61 are foreigners. 723 are males and 556 are females . The youngest is
\na two – month – old infant while the oldest is 96 .<\/p>\n

CS Kagwe noted that the country is experiencing a steady increase in the\u00a0cases due to the third wave.\u00a0He\u00a0said that\u00a0200 people have succumbed to Covid-19\u00a0since January as he\u00a0reiterated President Uhuru Kenyatta’s directives on Covid-19 protocols while issuing new emergency measures including:<\/p>\n

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The first batch of Covid-19 vaccine arriving in Kenya on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

1) Counties immediately to\u00a0convene county task forces\u00a0to assess containment measures of the virus within the region.<\/p>\n

2) Counties to open all isolation facilities in preparedness for immediate use.<\/p>\n

3) Counties to enforce all public health measures and penalize those flouting the rules.<\/p>\n

4) No feasting to be allowed at funerals and family members should not exceed 100. All funerals\u00a0must happen within 72 hours.<\/p>\n

5) The taskforce should ensure homebased isolation and homebased care facilities\u00a0for covid-19 patients are\u00a0enhanced.<\/p>\n

6) All\u00a0hospitals to quickly expand ICU facilities and\u00a0deploy resources to the various hospitals.<\/p>\n

“We are urging our hospitals to quickly expand their ICU facilities. We have asked the county taskforce to identify areas we can convert to isolation facilities,” he stated<\/p>\n

7) Law enforcement officers to ensure the Covid-19 directives are adhered to by all social events. He added that some joints within counties were flouting the regulations by staying open past curfew hours.<\/p>\n

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“There were accusations that some people with influence were influencing joints to remain open past curfew,” Kagwe stated.<\/p>\n

8) Kenyans above 60 years will be included in the ongoing first phase of the Covid-19 vaccination<\/p>\n

CS Kagwe urged Kenyans to cooperate with the guidelines in order to ensure that the country overcomes the deadly global virus.<\/p>\n

“Our action will determine how fast we sink or swim as an intertwined people. I\u00a0urge Kenyans to quickly revamp our resolve and\u00a0be determined to fight the third wave,” he stated.<\/p>\n

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According to the health ministry, a total of\u00a020,000 people have been vaccinated since last week. Kagwe affirmed that all\u00a0 He stated that all patients\u00a0will need a\u00a0second dose for the vaccine\u00a0to be fully effective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya: Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Wednesday, March 17, announced that 1,279 people had\u00a0tested positive\u00a0for Covid-19, out of a sample size of 7,450\u00a0tested in the last 24 hours. The total confirmed positive cases now stand at 116,310 and the total tests conducted so far are 1,387,440.\u00a0From the cases 1,218 are Kenyans while 61 are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":24335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,2111,7,8],"tags":[1539,447],"class_list":["post-24339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-coronavirus-in-kenya","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","tag-covid-19","tag-mutahi-kagwe"],"yoast_head":"\n1,279 Test Positive as Kagwe Outlines Emergency Measures - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Wednesday, March 17, announced that 1,279 people had\u00a0tested positive\u00a0for Covid-19, out of a\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/1279-test-positive-as-kagwe-outlines-emergency-measures\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"1,279 Test Positive as Kagwe Outlines Emergency Measures\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Wednesday, March 17, announced that 1,279 people had\u00a0tested positive\u00a0for Covid-19, out of a\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/1279-test-positive-as-kagwe-outlines-emergency-measures\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-17T21:10:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/03\/Health-CS-Mutahi-Kagwe-addressing-the-media-on-October-2020.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"470\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"235\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/1279-test-positive-as-kagwe-outlines-emergency-measures#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/1279-test-positive-as-kagwe-outlines-emergency-measures\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"1,279 Test Positive as Kagwe Outlines Emergency Measures\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-17T21:10:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/1279-test-positive-as-kagwe-outlines-emergency-measures\"},\"wordCount\":407,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/1279-test-positive-as-kagwe-outlines-emergency-measures#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/03\/Health-CS-Mutahi-Kagwe-addressing-the-media-on-October-2020.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"COVID-19\",\"Mutahi Kagwe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"Coronavirus in kenya\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/1279-test-positive-as-kagwe-outlines-emergency-measures#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/1279-test-positive-as-kagwe-outlines-emergency-measures\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/1279-test-positive-as-kagwe-outlines-emergency-measures\",\"name\":\"1,279 Test Positive as Kagwe Outlines Emergency Measures - 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