Pressure piles for government to apply ‘war-time policy’ in fight against coronavirus

A police officer looks on as ferry commuters walk keeping distance to avoid the spread of the deadly coronavirus. [Gideon Maundu/Standard]

Governments, including Kenya’s, are engaged in a vicious battle against a novel virus which causes a respiratory disease. 

With the virus lying in wait in offices, factories, buses, cafes, shopping malls, gyms and salons, people have been asked to stay at home - which is increasingly turning into the equivalent of bunkers in a war-zone. The private sector has been crippled, leaving the public sector to do the heavy lifting.