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Publisher (J.T)
March 12, 2020
The World Health Organisation, WHO has declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic and urged countries to take urgent and aggressive action to contain the spread. There are now more than 118,000 cases in 114 countries while 4,291 people have lost their lives to the disease.
The organisation’s Director GeneralTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who made the declaration said the number of casesoutside China had increased 13-fold over the past two weeks and expressedconcern about “alarming levels of inaction” in the fight against the spread ofthe disease.
Ghebreyesus observed that the rapidspread of the coronavirus is not just a public health crisis, it is a crisisthat will touch every sector so every sector and every individual must beinvolved in the fight. he also noted that 57 countries had reported 10 cases orless while 81 countries had not reported any cases.
In same vein, Health Authorities ineastern in Kenya have given the all-clear to 12 foreigners who had beenquarantined for 15 days as a precaution against coronavirus.
Machakos Governor Alfred Mutuaconfirmed the news in a tweet: that all 12 arrived in Machakos, east of theKenyan capital Nairobi, from China last month and were required to self-isolateon arrival.