Health CS Kagwe has ordered all truck drivers to be tested for covid-19 2 days before their journey.
They must acquire free covid-19 certificates which they will use at the borders before being allowed to pass through.
“All truck drivers will take a covid-19 test at least 48 hours before embarking on their journey and acquire a covid-19 free certificate. We have noted that majority of the truck drivers are commencing their journey in the border without valid documents, expecting to be tested at the border points,” said CS Kagwe.
Currently, Busia has 26 cases. All the 26 cases are truck drivers who were tested at the Busia border.
CS said the testing of truck drivers at the border points not only causes congestion, it also increases chances of spreading covid-19 during interaction.
“This has resulted to unnecessary congestion and delays that have been witnessed at our border points. This is pure indiscipline which is unacceptable. It will not be tolerated,” he said.
“I’m urging our law enforcement officers to take appropriate action against each truck driver flouting these measures,”
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Within the last 24 hours, 124 people have tested positive for covid-19 after testing 2, 640 samples. The total number of covid-19 cases in Kenya now stands at 2, 314.
39 people have been discharged from various hospital facilities within the last 24 hours. Total number of recoveries now stands at 592.
4 patients succumbed to covid-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 78.
Total number of samples tested so far is 87, 698. The positive cases include 119 Kenyans, 2 Somalis, 2 Tanzanians and 1 Eritrean national.
These foreign nationalities do not include the people who were tested at the borders and turned away to their countries.
In terms of gender, 100 of the cases are males while 24 are females.
Mombasa had the highest figures today with 40 while Nairobi had 38.
Elgeyo Marakwet becomes the latest county to report a covid-19 case. This brings the total number of affected counties to 36 out of the total 47 counties in Kenya.
Out of the 40 new cases in Mombasa, 14 are from Mvita, 14 in Kisauni and 11 in Changamwe.
