Africa News of Thursday, 12 March 2020

Source: bbc.com

Quarantined foreigners declared virus-free in Kenya

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Health authorities in eastern in Kenya have given the all-clear to 12 foreigners who had been quarantined for 15 days as a precaution against coronavirus.

All 12 arrived in Machakos county, east of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, from China last month and were required to self-isolate on arrival.

Kenya has no confirmed cases of coronavirus.

Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua confirmed the news in a tweet: