NAIROBI, Oct 20 (Reuters) – Kenya lifted a nationwide curfew on Wednesday that has been in place since March 2020 to curb the unfold of the coronavirus, President Uhuru Kenyatta introduced.
The East African nation, which has a inhabitants of 54 million, has recorded 252,199 infections because the pandemic erupted and 5,233 COVID-19 deaths, well being ministry information reveals.
It has acquired 7.5 million doses of vaccines up to now and 4.5 million individuals have had a minimum of one dose, the information reveals.
Kenyatta mentioned an infection charges had fallen, with lower than 5% of assessments every day proving optimistic.
“It’s now time to shift our focus from survival to co-existing with the illness,” he mentioned in a televised handle to mark a nationwide vacation.
He mentioned congregations attending church buildings and different spiritual establishments may rise to 2 thirds of capability, up from a 3rd beforehand, though everybody ought to nonetheless adhere to different guidelines, reminiscent of sporting facemasks.
“We’re not but out of the woods and we should subsequently proceed to watch the containment measures … to maintain the beneficial properties we’re making and assure the complete re-opening of our economic system,” he mentioned.
He informed officers to make sure a fill-and-finish plant for COVID-19 vaccines began working in Kenya by April subsequent yr.
He additionally unveiled measures to spice up the economic system, together with the procurement of fertiliser for farmers by the federal government.
Reporting by Duncan Miriri; Enhancing by Giles Elgood and Edmund Blair
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