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The President’s Digest May 2020 Surmounting CV-19 Challenge

THE FOURTH PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS ON THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, 16TH APRIL 2020 STATE HOUSE, NAIROBI

The President, above and opposite page kept the country informed on the status of the virus which Kenyans have appreciated
‘ of travel in and out of the areas that have the most in-

Fellow Kenyans,
fections, are indeed limiting the ability of the disease to
Today the 16th of April, 2020 marks one month
be transmitted at a great scale. The same is the case
and three days since the first confirmed case of
the Coronavirus Disease was recorded in our
set out that include amongst other things the closure of
country. for the social distancing, the guidelines that have been
learning and entertainment institutions, as well as the
barring of air travel into our country.
As a Government, and on the advice by our medical
and public health experts, we moved quickly to imple- I want at this juncture to thank each and every one of
ment a comprehensive plan designed to limit individual you, all who have stepped up to be in compliance with
exposure to the virus and its spread within our commu- these necessary measures because your actions are
nities. without doubt saving lives. Without them, we would
need to deal with a disease that is highly infectious and
We recognised the profound need for prompt action, that can double and redouble its spread and cause un-
observing the exponential nature of the pandemic’s told human human destruction. We have seen this
transmission that had been recorded in other countries happening in other countries. If we did not take strong
across the world.
and immediate steps, the damage to our peoples lives
The measures we have taken are firm and indeed have and our economy, our country would have been far
been impactful. The nighttime curfew, and the barring worse than the current difficulties that we are going
through now.

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