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The High Court has temporarily suspended flights from China.
Justice James Makau issued the ruling following a case filed by the Law Society of Kenya.
He said the matter is of great public interest.
In the second file, Justice Makau issued an order preventing Health CS, Transport CS, Foreign Affairs CS, the AG and the Kenya Airport Authority from letting into the country any person from China through the air or sea.
The same orders are also applied to any other WHO-designated hot spot country that is adversely affected by the virus.
The three CSs have also been compelled to trace, account, re-examine, and quarantine in a KDF facility all the 239 passengers that they let into the country aboard a Chinese flight that landed at JKIA on February 26.
Health, Transport, Foreign CS have been ordered to trace 239 passengers who boarded Chinese flight.
On Friday, President Uhuru Kenyatta formed a taskforce to deal with a possible outbreak of coronavirus.
The President through an Executive Order on Friday said the team will coordinate Kenya's preparedness, prevention and response to the threat of the disease.
Uhuru said they will also enhance surveillance at all ports and points of entry to Kenya.
The President also ordered that Mbagathi hospital coronavirus section be completed within seven days.
This was after the ministry of health Chief Administrative Secretary Rashid Aman said they have also identified an open ward with 120 beds at Mbagathi County Hospital in Nairobi but will need a month to prepare it.
Uhuru issues Executive Order on coronavirus, sets up taskforce
President Uhuru Kenyatta has issued an Executive Order following the escalating number of coronavirus cases around the world that also pose a risk to Kenya.
According to him, Kenya is an international transport hub with 70% of passengers in transit.
“There is a significant threat arising from the potential spread of the coronavirus to Kenya from countries that have new and ongoing outbreaks of the pneumatic disease,” his statement reads.
The taskforce is to be comprised of the Health CS and counterparts from Defense, Foreign Affairs, ICT and Transport.
Other members are Principal Secretaries and Directors from different ministries.
They are to coordinate preparedness, prevention and response as well as coordinate capacity building of health workers.
The taskforce will also be expected to ensure enhanced surveillance at all entry points into Kenya and coordinate supply of testing kits, protective gear and other medical equipment.
President Kenyatta further ordered that the national isolation and treatment facility at Mbagathi Hospital be completed and ready to receive patients within 7 days.
He also dissolved the Cabinet’s Adhoc Committee on Health and Inter-Ministerial Technical Committee on Government Response to the coronavirus outbreak.
China Southern Airlines suspends flights to Kenya amidst coronavirus
Two days after resuming flights from China to Kenya, China Southern Airlines has again suspended flights to Nairobi amidst a public outcry over the coronavirus.
The airline, according to a statement from the Chinese Embassy in Kenya has cancelled flights not because of the coronavirus but due to “decreasing volume of passenger flow.”
“Due to the decreasing volume of passenger flow, China Southern Airlines has made necessary adjustments by suspending flights connecting Guangzhou, Changsha and Nairobi until further notice,” read a statement posted on the embassy’s Twitter page.
Justice James Makau issued the ruling following a case filed by the Law Society of Kenya.
He said the matter is of great public interest.
In the second file, Justice Makau issued an order preventing Health CS, Transport CS, Foreign Affairs CS, the AG and the Kenya Airport Authority from letting into the country any person from China through the air or sea.
The same orders are also applied to any other WHO-designated hot spot country that is adversely affected by the virus.
The three CSs have also been compelled to trace, account, re-examine, and quarantine in a KDF facility all the 239 passengers that they let into the country aboard a Chinese flight that landed at JKIA on February 26.
Health, Transport, Foreign CS have been ordered to trace 239 passengers who boarded Chinese flight.
On Friday, President Uhuru Kenyatta formed a taskforce to deal with a possible outbreak of coronavirus.
The President through an Executive Order on Friday said the team will coordinate Kenya's preparedness, prevention and response to the threat of the disease.
Uhuru said they will also enhance surveillance at all ports and points of entry to Kenya.
The President also ordered that Mbagathi hospital coronavirus section be completed within seven days.
This was after the ministry of health Chief Administrative Secretary Rashid Aman said they have also identified an open ward with 120 beds at Mbagathi County Hospital in Nairobi but will need a month to prepare it.
Uhuru issues Executive Order on coronavirus, sets up taskforce
President Uhuru Kenyatta has issued an Executive Order following the escalating number of coronavirus cases around the world that also pose a risk to Kenya.
According to him, Kenya is an international transport hub with 70% of passengers in transit.
“There is a significant threat arising from the potential spread of the coronavirus to Kenya from countries that have new and ongoing outbreaks of the pneumatic disease,” his statement reads.
The taskforce is to be comprised of the Health CS and counterparts from Defense, Foreign Affairs, ICT and Transport.
Other members are Principal Secretaries and Directors from different ministries.
They are to coordinate preparedness, prevention and response as well as coordinate capacity building of health workers.
The taskforce will also be expected to ensure enhanced surveillance at all entry points into Kenya and coordinate supply of testing kits, protective gear and other medical equipment.
President Kenyatta further ordered that the national isolation and treatment facility at Mbagathi Hospital be completed and ready to receive patients within 7 days.
He also dissolved the Cabinet’s Adhoc Committee on Health and Inter-Ministerial Technical Committee on Government Response to the coronavirus outbreak.
China Southern Airlines suspends flights to Kenya amidst coronavirus
Two days after resuming flights from China to Kenya, China Southern Airlines has again suspended flights to Nairobi amidst a public outcry over the coronavirus.
The airline, according to a statement from the Chinese Embassy in Kenya has cancelled flights not because of the coronavirus but due to “decreasing volume of passenger flow.”
“Due to the decreasing volume of passenger flow, China Southern Airlines has made necessary adjustments by suspending flights connecting Guangzhou, Changsha and Nairobi until further notice,” read a statement posted on the embassy’s Twitter page.