Barely two days after Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe confirmed eight more COVID-19 cases in Kenya, Photos of Siaya priest identified as Father Richard Onyango Oduor, who was part of the eight cases have emerged.

The Rome-based priest jetted into the country on March 11, and conducted a mass at Holy Family Catholic church in Nairobi’s Utawala area. He spent a night in the city.

He then traveled in an Easy Coach bus to Ugunja, Siaya county where he led a mass during the burial of a close relative on March 14.

He came to Kenya from Rome through South Africa.

Father Richard Oduor tested positive for Covid -19 on March 22 and now the government is tracing people he came into contact with. Kenya has so far reported 16 cases.

The post Last Photos of Priest Who Tested Positive For COVID-19 Mingling With His Faithfuls Emerge appeared first on Daily Trends.

A catholic priest who left Rome and arrived in Ugunja, Siaya County and presided over a funeral mass over the weekend has tested positive for coronavirus.

An emergency team in Siaya is currently doing contact tracking of all those faithful who interacted with the priest.

This comes just a moment after three Kakamega County officials who came back from a trip in Italy were put under mandatory quarantine after they failed to do so.

Kakamega governor Wycliffe Oparanya ordered the officials into quarantine for 14 days, with an emergency response team also kicking off the process of tracking all those who had contact with the officials.

On Sunday, Kilifi County Deputy Governor Gideon Saburi was forced into quarantine by the state after he failed to do so.

Mr Saburi has hence tested positive for COVID-19, and there are fears that he might have infected other Kilifi residents.

He is said to have come from Germany, and ignored government’s order to quarantine himself for 14 days.

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Sunday said that Mr Saburi will be charged for going against the public health act.

Currently, the government has kicked off the process of tracking all the people that had contact with Mr Saburi.

He is said to have attended funeral service among other events within Kilifi County.

Kilifi Governor Amason Kingi who had contact with his deputy is currently isolating himself.

In a press statement issued on Sunday March 22, 2020, Governor Kingi noted that he had tested negative for the virus.

The post Catholic Priest Who Presided Over Funeral Mass in Siaya Tests Positive For COVID-19 appeared first on Daily Trends.