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Coronavirus breaches Kenyan prison walls, 31 taken ill

A prison bus takes remandees to Nairobi Remand and Allocation Prison on Enterprise Road. At least 59 per cent of coronavirus tests at the facility returned positive. [File, Standard]

At least 31 remandees and prisoners in Nairobi have contracted the coronavirus, the Kenya Prison Service (KPS) said on Sunday.

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