Coronavirus: Why Kenya is dancing with death

Railway workers wearing protective gear spray disinfectant as part of preventive measures against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at a railway station in Seoul on February 25, 2020. PHOTO | AFP | 

What you need to know:

On Wednesday, Kenya allowed in 239 passengers aboard a flight from Guangzhou in China when other countries are restricting travellers from the Asian nation.

Guangzhou has also been receiving travellers from Wuhan, the epicentre of the disease, and is ranked 15th among highest-risk Chinese cities. 

As local bureaucrats continue to let in travellers from the epicentre of the outbreak, the capital has been marked as a high-risk area, with residents under great threat.