⁍ Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta extended the nationwide curfew put in place to curb the spread of the new coronavirus.


⁍ He said it would end two hours later at 11pm.


⁍ Kenyatta also lifted a ban on the sale of alcohol in restaurants and bars.


– The death toll in Kenya from the world’s first outbreak of the Ebola virus has risen to 447, President Uhuru Kenyatta said today. The president, who declared a state of emergency last week, said the outbreak had “flattened” and that a ban on alcohol in bars and restaurants had been lifted, Reuters reports. Kenyatta, who extended a nationwide curfew put in place to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, said it would end two hours later at 11pm.



Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-kenya/kenyas-president-extends-national-curfew-shortens-hours-idUSKBN26J2DL