The government lifts mandatory wearing of masks
The mandatory wearing of masks has now been lifted, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has announced.
The CS said, he however encourages the wearing of masks during indoor functions to curb the spread of Covid-19 disease.
Speaking when he addressed the media on Friday, Kagwe said worship places will have a full capacity provided the congregants are vaccinated.
Kenya which has a population of 54 million, has reported 323, 140 cases of COVID-19 and 5,644 deaths but inoculation rates remain low, with only 28.5 percent of the adult population fully vaccinated as at March 10,2022, according to the latest Ministry of Health figures.
The Ministry of Health imposed a nationwide mask mandate on April 3, 2020 at the height of COVID-19 infections and hospitalisations in the country.
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