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Originally Posted by mbonwick
And there's many more thousands dying as a result of just being alive 
We've all got to go at some point, for some reason...does it really matter if its due to Covid or not? |
It’s the price we all have to pay for living. The cause of death does matter for the death certificate to be issued and for statistics. Here in Kenya, since the first death from Covid-19 on 13 March, there have been 169 deaths which includes +2 in the last 24 hours. 1.3 million have been tested and 8,000 cases were shown to be positive. From those tested positive, 2,000+ have recovered. Statisticians estimate 2.7 million Kenyans have been infected.
People here are dying from poverty, starvation, TB, Malaria, AIDS, cancer, dementia and heart disease. The numbers of dead continues to rise from being beaten or shot by the police during the night curfew.
From early March, Kenya went into lockdown. Domestic and international flights for passengers were stopped, cargo flights allowed. The railway network was closed down, bars and restaurants were closed.
The President of Kenya announced from 1 August, the airports are being opened to international flights and mandatory quarantine will be changed to 14 days self-quarantine. The country is desperate to save its economic growth. Opening the airports again is a start.......curfew at night remains.