Perhaps it’s time to ease coronavirus restrictions

The Kenya Medical Association (KMA) caters for two interests; those of people in the medical profession and in public health. When it occasionally issues statements on the state of public health, therefore, people take it seriously.

KMA recently issued a statement claiming there is hardly any scientific basis to justify continued curfew and cessation of movement in the country. The two policies are counterproductive to national interests. Yet, while coronavirus science is seemingly iffy, its politics is in high gear. With KMA’s opinion, policy rethink is rife.