Kenyans have raised concerns about Deputy President William Ruto's Covid-19 status.
Social media users on August 30, questioned whether or not DP Ruto had been tested for Covid-19 due to the nature of his interactions with Kenyans.
Kenyans.co.ke reached out to the DP's communications team after his status became the top trending topic on Sunday morning.
"I don't know, that is a personal matter," Emmanuel Talam responded on enquiry.
World leaders such as UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson have been announcing their Covid-19 statuses and even locally, former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and President Uhuru Kenyatta revealed that they had tested negative for the virus.
Many argued that since Ruto interacted with many delegations in his official Karen residence and recently in Mombasa where he hugged an 11-year-old girl, it was important for Kenyans to know his Covid-19 status.
Politicians in Kenya have been continually disregarding the social distancing rule stipulated by the government.
President Kenyatta came under heavy criticism during a trip to Mukuru kwa Reuben on August 10, after multitude of residents turned up to receive him in contravention of social distancing rules.
Odinga also recently hosted a group of the country's leaders at his home to celebrate his wife, Ida's birthday on August 24.
This comes as experts at the British Medical Journal (BMJ) argue that current social distancing rules of one or two metres are based on outdated science and experience of past viruses.
The researchers explained that social distancing rules need to take account for multiple factors that affect the risk of a Covid-19 infection, such ventilation and wearing of masks.
The scientists said that airborne droplets can travel more than two metres by activities such as coughing and shouting and may spread up to seven or eight metres concentrated in exhaled air from an infected person.
