There are more foreign Covid-19 cases at Kenya-Tanzania border –CS Kagwe

The rate of
coronavirus infections at the Kenya-Tanzania continues to soar with the
ministry of health recording more foreign cases.

Health CS
Mutahi Kagwe said on Tuesday daily Covid-19 briefing that the numbers are high
at the Namanga one stop border point.

The ministry
tallied a total of 214 people testing positive for the virus along the borders
of Namanga, Lunga Lunga, Isebania and Loitoktok, with 182 of the cases coming from
Tanzania.

Out of the
182 foreigners turned away at the Tanzanian border, 126 of them tested positive
in Namanga, 24 in Lunga Lunga, 23 in Taveta, 4 in Isebania and one case in
Loitoktok.

“What would
have happened had we not taken the measure of testing at the border is that
these 182 people would now be in our midst moving around in our country and you
can imagine the rate of infection this would have caused,” said CS Kagwe.

The CS
further confirm that the cases in Wajir, along Kenya-Somalia border, are 14 of
the 16 cases recorded in the County.

Garissa
county also recorded 2 cases from individuals said to have crossed from
Somalia.

CS Kagwe
said the government had fully activated the Nyumba Kumi initiatives in all
counties to fight the spread of the coronavirus by individuals sneaking into
the country through porous borders.

The number
of Covid-19 cases in the country increased to 963 after 51 people tested
positive in the last 24 hours.