Let safety be the key issue in deciding when schools should reopen

A dangerous trend is cropping up — that of Kenyans throwing caution to the wind and resuming their ‘normal’ lives in disregard of the safeguards issued against the novel coronavirus. As of yesterday, Kenya’s coronavirus cases had hit 1,161, with Ministry of Health officials blaming the rising numbers on care-free behaviour worsened by poverty, and technological and logistical inadequacies. 

The fury of the virus knows no bounds. With a shrinking economy that has led to job losses, virtually everyone is now affected by what promises to have a predictably disastrous political, social and economic impact.