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COVID-19: Kenya lifts night-time curfew as virus cases decline
“If there is anything, we have learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic is the essence of self-reliance”
– Uhuru Kenyatta
Bloomberg | Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta lifted a dusk-to-dawn curfew as the number of new coronavirus cases fell.
Places of worship can also be filled to two-thirds of their capacity, double the previous limit, Kenyatta said in a televised address on Wednesday.
The 7-day average of new infections in the East African nation has slowed to 117, from a peak of 1,305 three months ago. The curfew was first imposed in March last year to discourage people from socializing and ease pressure on hospital trauma wards.
More than 5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been issued in the country so far, according to the president.
The Kenyatta administration has set up a company called Kenya Biovax Ltd. to start local vaccine production by April, he said.
“If there is anything, we have learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic is the essence of self-reliance,” Kenyatta said.
He also announced stimulus measures for health, education and agriculture industries which should inject Ksh25 billion (US$225 million) into the economy.