- Kenya has introduced strict rules to boost vaccination drive and curb the Pandemic. Admission of unvaccinated customers will lead to the cancellation of trade licenses under the new rules.
- Health Chief Administration Secretary Mercy Mwangangi advised that only fully vaccinated citizens should be allowed to all organised events, hotels, bars, supermarkets, banks etc.
Kenya has introduced strict rules to boost vaccination drive and curb the Pandemic. Admission of unvaccinated customers will lead to the cancellation of trade licenses under the new rules. Health Chief Administration Secretary Mercy Mwangangi advised that only fully vaccinated citizens should be allowed to all organised events, hotels, bars, supermarkets, banks etc. Non-compliance will attract withdrawal of operating license, he warned.
Since last week, Kenya has reported coronavirus resurgence with a rapidly rising caseload of the highly infectious Omicron variant. The positivity rate jumped from 29.6 percent on 20th Dec to 29.7 on 22nd Dec, the highest level since Kenya recorded the first coronavirus case on March 12 last year. Out of its target of getting 10 million citizens vaccinated by the end of the year, the government of Kenya could get only 9.2 million people vaccinated with 3.7 million people who have received two jabs
Ms Mwangangi explained that all who participate in weddings, funerals, organized party, conferences, sports, indoor theatre, dance, liquor tasting rooms, bar, banking halls, supermarkets, trains, PSVs, all government offices, and parastatals, etc will be required to show proof of vaccination. Unvaccinated citizens will be denied access to public transport, game parks, government offices and other crowded venues ahead of Christmas festivities.
