With the lifting of the curfew and further easing of the Covid-19 containment measures, Kenyans completely threw caution to the wind.
A walk across Nairobi and other major towns shows it is business as usual.
Bars and restaurants are full to the brim, PSV operators are carrying excess passengers, and some don't care if you have a mask on or not, markets are full, with no social distancing or other containment measures, and political rallies are in full crescendo.
While the positivity rate has been below two per cent for more than a month now, this is not a reason for the public to behave as if the pandemic is over.
Covid-19 is known to strike in waves and in various new variants. Some countries are now tightening measures that they had earlier eased yet their vaccination rate is way much higher than Kenya's.
Personal responsibility still remains the main Covid-19 containment measure in a country where vaccination uptake is low.
The Ministry of Health seems to have slowed down its vaccination drive and in some counties such as Busia, vaccines are almost expiring because of the low turnout.
At the peak of Covid deaths, frustrated Kenyans would wake up early to queue at various hospitals to get the jab, but now that it is readily available few are turning up for it.
Let's take the jab and observe the various protocols because Covid-19 is still here with us.
Quote of the Day: “What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?”
George Eliot [Mary Anne Evans]
The English author was born on November 22, 1819
