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Kenya suspends passenger flights from India

Kenya Airways planes at Jomo Kenyatta Airport (JKIA), Nairobi [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Kenya has suspended all passenger flights from India for 14 days following a surge in Covid-19 cases there. The directive will take effect on midnight Saturday, May 1 to allow those traveling to arrive as scheduled.

Mutahi Kagwe, the Cabinet Secretary for Health said all passengers from India in the next 72 hours will go through mandatory testing besides observing a 14-day quarantine that shall be monitored by health officials, but cargo flights will remain in service subject to transport protocols.

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