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Human rights and compassion must guide enforcement of Covid-19 mitigation

President Uhuru Kenyatta leads the charge against Covid-19. [Courtesy]

Covid-19 infections continue to rise, bringing normal life to a virtual standstill and causing countries to shut themselves off from the rest of the world.

Increasingly, governments are turning to ever more stringent measures including curfews and lockdowns, with police and military being used to enforce those measures.

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