President Uhuru Kenyatta has come under pressure to ease Kenya’s Covid-19 restrictions after a sharp decline in infections and hospital admissions reported in recent weeks.
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End Covid-19 curfew for business sake, bar owners urge Uhuru
Wednesday March 03 2021
By BONFACE OTIENO
Summary
They said Tuesday that a continued stay of Covid-19 containment restrictions has ravaged their businesses– forcing bar and restaurants to shut as those still in business shed jobs.
The push to ease the night curfew which was imposed in April last year comes as monthly infection rates fell to 5,200 cases in February from 12,633 in December, which informed the extension of the nightly curfew to March 12.
Deaths have dropped to 93 in February from 198 in December and 488 in November while the positivity rate, positive tests against total tests, dropped to 4.6 per cent last month compared to eight per cent in December and 14.8 per cent in November.
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NAIROBI (Reuters) - East African Breweries expects sales to recover from a coronavirus-induced slump in its second half to June, its outgoing chief executive said, as nations in the region relax measures to curb the spread of the virus. A worker inspects beer bottles on a conveyor belt at the East African Breweries Ruaraka factory in Nairobi, Kenya February 17, 2010. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo/File Photo
The brewer, which is controlled by Britain’s Diageo Plc, posted on Thursday a 3% drop in net sales for its first half to end December as sales were pummelled by the closure of bars. Post-tax profit plunged by a third.