Third COVID Wave in Kenya: No Longer Business as Usual

Reflections on why Kenya needs stricter COVID-19 containment measures

If the tried and tested yearlong COVID-19 modelling experience in this study series for data-driven policy advice is anything to go by, then it follows that Kenya needs stricter enforcement of, and compliance with, COVID-19 containment measures in 2021. The extension of the curfew and banning of mass gatherings that were announced on March 12, 2021 should not be a surprise, after all. The map below shows that the main urban…