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This is what it will take to ease restrictions

It will take more than just memes and social media messages to open up the country, President Uhuru Kenyatta warned yesterday.

With infections already hitting 2,724 by yesterday’s figures, and indications that even the country’s largest health facilities are struggling to cope, the president laid down the bare minimum to have the Covid-19 restrictions eased, resisting pressure from Kenyans tired of curfew and a 70-day lockdown.

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