09 July 2020

• 8:00 pm

  Nigeria reverses decision to reopen schools 

• 7:45 pm

  Ghana's chief justice goes into isolation 

• 7:30 pm

  Liberia's ex-president to head WHO Covid-19 panel  

• 7:15 pm

  India reports a record one-day surge in infections of nearly 25,000 

• 7:00 pm

  M-Pesa to be unavailable for five hours on Friday morning 

• 6:45 pm

  14% of Kenyans shun public transport over virus fears - report 

• 6:30 pm

  Uhuru signs Public Finance Management and 5 other bills into law 

• 6:15 pm

  Greece ready to reimpose coronavirus restrictions 

• 6:00 pm

  WHO says airborne transmission of coronavirus can occur during medical procedures 

• 5:40 pm

  In Nairobi, Dagoretti North had the highest cases at 70, Westlands 43, Kibra 40, Embakasi East 35 and Ruaraka 25 

• 5:30 pm

  Uasin-Gishu reported 7 new cases, Busia 3, Laikipia 2, Kericho 1, Makueni, Migori and Turkana had 1 case each 

• 5:20 pm

  Nairobi had the highest number of infections at 318, Kiambu 33, Kajiado 25, Nakuru 23, Machakos 18 and Mombasa 14 

• 5:10 pm

  Of the new confirmed cases, 405 are Kenyans while 42 are foreigners 

• 5:00 pm

  Serbia: Protest over COVID-19 curfew turns violent  

• 4:50 pm

  Emirates lays off more pilots, crew in latest round of job cuts 

• 4:40 pm

  CS Kagwe urges Kenyans to protect infants from virus 

• 4:30 pm

  CS Kagwe puts miraa chewers on the spot over virus spread 

• 4:20 pm

  CS Kagwe denies Burale Covid-19 payment claims 

• 4:10 pm

  No mortality reported from Covid-19 home-based care - Health Ministry 

• 4:00 pm

  Total Covid-19 samples tested since March now at 200,311 

• 3:50 pm

  Mombasa County has the highest number of fatalities so far- Health Ministry 

• 3:40 pm

  More infants contracting Covid-19- CS Kagwe 

• 3:30 pm

  Mombasa ranked top county in terms of number of ICU beds 

• 3:20 pm

  64 patients discharged bringing total recoveries to 2,657 

• 3:15 pm

  4 more fatalities were recorded bringing total death toll to 173 

• 3:10 pm

  Of the confirmed cases 282 are men while 167 are female 

• 3:05 pm

  Patients' ages range from a 1-year-old infant to an 88-years-old 

• 3:00 pm

  3,803 samples tested in the past 24 hours 

• 2:55 pm

  Kenya reports highest single-day Covid-19 cases at 447 as caseload rises to 8,975 

• 2:50 pm

  Surge in Mombasa Covid-19 cases expected with ease of cross-county movement- CS Kagwe 

• 2:45 pm

  ICU beds alone are not enough- CS Kagwe to county bosses 

• 2:30 pm

  Fewer fans, increased costs 'new normal' for football clubs in post-COVID-19 world - study 

• 2:15 pm

  Coronavirus infections rise above 250,000 in Iran 

• 2:00 pm

  More Kenyans unable to pay rent as landlords overlook plight- Survey 

• 1:45 pm

  More men losing jobs in Covid-19 enforced layoffs 

• 1:30 pm

  China executes man in coronavirus-rage killing case 

• 1:15 pm

  More than a third of Kenyans still not practising social distancing - report 

• 1:00 pm

  Blow to Ngilu after court declines to stop impeachment motion 

• 12:45 pm

  Joho, Junet jet off to Dubai to visit Raila after his surgery 

• 12:30 pm

  Malawi President Chakwera appoints family members to cabinet 

• 12:15 pm

  Japan: Tokyo coronavirus cases hit record daily high of 224 

• 12:00 pm

  Presidential escort officers barred from chewing miraa, muguka 

• 11:45 am

  36,000 United Airlines jobs at risk as US aid ends 

• 11:30 am

  Africa's CDC urges more COVID-19 tests, masks, as continent's cases top 500,000 

• 11:15 am

  Hunger could kill more people than Covid-19- Oxfam warns 

• 11:00 am

  Five million begin lockdown in Australian city 

• 10:45 am

  Nigeria's confirmed coronavirus cases pass 30,000 

• 10:30 am

  Twitter hiring engineers to build new subscription platform 

• 10:15 am

  6.5 million have recovered globally while death toll nears 550,000 

• 10:00 am

  Active coronavirus cases worldwide hit 5.5 million