•Health CS Mutahi Kagwe said those who are in denial should wait for it.
•Speaking during his daily briefings, Kagwe said that the responsibility is in the individuals.
The government cannot imprison people who are in denial in regards to coronavirus.
Health CS Mutahi Kagwe said those who are in denial should wait for it.
"Kenyans who are in denial.. you can not take people to start briefing them about coronavirus.. you cannot put them to prison so that they understand," he said.
Speaking during his daily briefings on Monday, Kagwe said that the responsibility is in the individual.
"It is individual responsibility. There is coronavirus. Who are those other people who say they do not know about it?" he posed.
"...and how long will it take for them to know that the disease exists. If somebody is in denial there is nothing much you can do."
Kenya recorded 12 deaths in the last 24 hours.
This is the highest number of daily fatalities recorded since onset of pandemic in the country. Kagwe noted that the 12 are from Nairobi.
Kagwe further announced 189 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, totaling the number of positive cases in the country to 10,294.
The new cases were picked from 1,205 samples collected in the last 24 hours. This brings the total samples collected to 216,242.
From the new cases, 106 are male while 83 are female.
In terms of age, the youngest is a five -year-old child while the oldest is 71 years.
On a positive note, another 65 patients have from various hospitals, bringing to 2,946 the total number of recoveries so far.