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Africa-Press<\/a> – Kenya<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Deputy President William Ruto announced that he had rescheduled public engagements until further notice.<\/p>\n

In a statement on Friday, July 30, the DP acknowledged that the Covid-19 situation in the country following the announcement by Health CS Mutahi Kagwe earlier during the day.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the DP urged his followers to take responsibility and adhere to the set Government of Kenya guidelines to curb the spread of the disease.<\/p>\n

“The Covid-19 situation in the country has escalated as stated by GoK this afternoon. My scheduled public engagements are hereby postponed until further notice.<\/p>\n

“We all should take individual responsibility and adhere to guidelines issued so as to control this ravaging pandemic.”<\/p>\n

In a press briefing earlier on Friday, Kagwe stated that Covid-19 cases in the Country, especially in Nairobi County, had skyrocketed.<\/p>\n

He warned that there were not enough spaces to admit patients in Nairobi hospitals, adding that some were dying before they could secure beds.<\/p>\n

The government directed that all public and personal meetings were suspended countrywide.<\/p>\n

Kagwe added that all government and intergovernmental meetings will also be virtual or postponed, according to the CS.<\/p>\n

“While indoors, maintain a physical distance of at least 1 meter between people not from the same household and observe hand and cough hygiene to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission,” Kagwe stated.<\/p>\n

The government maintained that the nationwide curfew hours would remain from 10:00 p.m. and ending at 4:00 a.m. until further notice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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