Covid-19: It is simply irresponsible not to bring Kenyans home

A man and a child wear masks at Bandaranaike International Airport after Sri Lanka confirmed the first case of coronavirus in the country, in Katunayake, Sri Lanka January 30, 2020. [Reuters]

At a time other countries have banned flights from China, Kenya allowed 239 Chinese nationals into the country on Wednesday last week. The Chinese plane was cleared to land despite the declaration, barely a fortnight ago, by the World Health Organisation (WHO) describing the outbreak of coronavirus as a “very grave threat for the rest of the world". It is instructive that WHO harbours fear poor countries may not be able to cope with an outbreak.