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Coronavirus: Kenya Airways explains why passengers were denied entry

A Kenya Airways plane taking off at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. [Edward Kiplimo/Standard]

Kenya Airways (KQ) has clarified why four passengers aboard flight KQ 502 en-route Sierra Leone were denied entry upon arrival at Freetown, Sierra Leone on Wednesday.

Reason? one of the passengers was suspected to have Covid-19 symptoms.

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