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Nyong'o bans funeral feasts in Kisumu to curb Covid-19 spread

Kisumu Governor Anyang' Nyong'o.

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Concerns have been raised over high community transmissions of Covid-19 as well some cases in prisons.
  • By Thursday, a total of 495 Covid-19 cases and eight deaths had been confirmed across Kisumu County.
  • Mrs Ouko asked residents to adhere to the measures by the Ministry of Health instead of waiting for enforcement officers.

Kisumu Governor Anyang' Nyong'o has banned funeral feasts and night vigil parties — popularly known as ‘disco matanga’ — in a new raft of measures imposed following a spike in Covid-19 cases in the county.

Despite the country witnessing a flattening of the Covid-19 curve, Prof Nyong’o observed that the numbers in Kisumu have kept on rising significantly across the county in recent times.