Painful social lockdowns in Europe and some American states helped blunt the coronavirus. Now, amid a fitful and uneven reopening, the pandemic is once again surging across both continents.
Data compiled by Johns Hopkins University shows a jump in new cases in France, Spain and the U.K., where the virus is moving into younger populations and straining health systems at the onset of winter. The data also shows new cases rising 10% or more week over week in at least eight U.S. states.
New cases in France topped 18,000 for a second straight day, fueling a 15% rise in the number of weekly cases recorded in the country. During the lockdown period in the spring, France averaged 7,500 cases a day.
British Health Minister Matt Hancock warned that the U.K. was at a “perilous moment” after more than 17,540 new coronavirus cases were recorded on Thursday, an increase of more than 3,000 from the day before. Over the past week, newly reported cases across the U.K. jumped more than 20% compared with a week earlier.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-latest-news-10-09-2020-11602231787
Will president Uhuru issue travel advisories to Kenyans to not go to these countries and then ban citizens and residents of these countries from coming to Kenya? Not in a million years.