He said going forward any Kenyan arriving in the country must sign a legal form committing to self-quarantine.
Failure to this, we shall trace you and force self-quarantine you and later you will be charged,” the CS said.
The CS said out of the new cases, two cases involve a couple that travelled from Spain on March 4 through Dubai arriving in Kenya on March 5.
The third case is a Burundian national who had travelled from Dubai arriving on March 17.
"He was picked by Kenya surveillance team during routine screening at the JKIA," Kagwe said.
He said current measures have been stepped up to trace 85 people believed to have been in contact with the new cases.
He said the cases had been confirmed by the National Influenza Centre and the KEMRI labs.
"Currently, we have seven confirmed cases, 18 patients are admitted at Mbagathi isolation wards and samples from 11 suspected cases are under investigations,” Kagwe said.
He said seven other cases had been screened and tested negative. He said the seven are being processed for discharge.
The CS said meanwhile the government will not allow any form of gatherings amid efforts to stop the virus from spreading through social gatherings.
