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Passengers aboard the UK return flight paid 54,000 shillings for the one-way trip. A negative virus test result was a key requirement aside other boarding formalities from the UK. Kenyan Airways on Tuesday arrived in Nairobi with 84 nationals aboard a special charter flight from the United Kingdom.Īll passengers were checked into a government quarantine facility as per the terms of repatriation.
May 5: KQ’s UK repatriation flight returns Nairobi and Mombasa have been previously placed under similar measure being the most impacted counties. Kenya case statistics as of May 7 stood at 582 cases, 190 recoveries and 26 deaths. The cases tally for the two areas stood at 68 and 64 respectively. Under the measure, there shall be no movement into and out of the places.Īll public places in the two areas are to be shutdown. The 15-day measure took effect same day starting 7pm local time. The government on Wednesday announced a partial lockdown on two virus hotspots, Eastleigh in Nairobi and Mombasa City. May 7: 582 cases, lockdown in Eastleigh, Mombasa City Kenya has as of May 7 confirmed a total of 607 coronavirus cases, including 29 deaths and 197 recoveries. Mass testing measures rolled out in the capital and coastal city of Mombasa has received low turnout much to the concern of authorities. President Kenyatta at the time vowed that all of them will be rearrested and quarantined duly. Recently, a group of people quarantined in the capital Nairobi jumped the walls of the facility and escaped. Most government isolation facilities are charging at least $20 (£16) a day, the BBC reported. Since the start of the pandemic, many people have been stuck in isolation centres long after they were supposed to leave because they cannot afford the bills.