This archive report was first published on 18 May 2020.
On May 18, 2020, Kenya's Health Chief Administrative Secretary, Rashid Aman, announced that 53 truck drivers, including 51 Tanzanians and 2 Burundians, had been denied entry into the country after testing positive for COVID-19 at various border points within a 24-hour period.
According to Aman, the government will not relax regulations on mandatory testing of truck drivers before they are allowed into the country, citing an increasing number of detected infections among Tanzanian truckers.
President Uhuru Kenyatta had previously declared that only truck drivers who have tested negative for the coronavirus would be allowed entry into Kenya, with all drivers of cargo vehicles being subjected to mandatory COVID-19 disease testing.
As of May 18, 2020, Kenya had recorded 912 coronavirus cases, with 12 new cases reported on the same day, including 6 in Kajiado, 3 in Mombasa and Kwale, 2 in Taita Taveta and Garissa, and 1 in Meru.
