Kenya issues travel alert China over deadly coronavirus

People wear face masks as they line up at the checkout in a supermarket in Beijing, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, January 25, 2020. [Reuters]

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued an alert to Kenyans to avoid non-essential travel to Wuhan, Hubei Province in China until the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus, an acute viral respiratory disease, is contained.

The Kenyan Embassy in China has also issued an alert for the 85 Kenyans living in Wuhan, asking them to comply with measures in place to avoid the deadly disease, which has so far killed over 80 people in China and infected over 1,975 others.