With Covid-19 third wave here with us, we must hold on for just a little

There was much anticipation among Kenyans yesterday as President Uhuru Kenyatta addressed the nation on the Covid-19 situation. After 60 days of a night curfew, many expected the president to lift the containment measure to help the economy recover and a semblance of normalcy. Since coronavirus hit Kenya in March 2020, lives and livelihoods have been devastated. Nearly 2,000 lives have been lost to the virus and more than 110,000 infected.

The toll on health facilities and health workers has been huge with dozens of medics also falling to the disease. And with the emergence of a third wave of the pandemic a few days ago, the president and the team of health experts had no option but to extend the curfew for a further 60 days. Political gatherings were also banned and social events restricted to not more than 100 people.