Nairobi, November 2- Kenya has intensified diplomatic efforts to persuade Saudi Arabia to lift travel restrictions imposed on Kenyan travellers following concerns over an Ebola outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The restrictions, announced on October 30, include a suspension of visas for Kenyan nationals and a ban on Saudi citizens travelling to Kenya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing’oei said the government is seeking a review of the measures, arguing that they are not supported by the current public health situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kenya has reported nine Ebola cases linked to a single cluster, with no new infections recorded since October 19. The government has also confirmed that all identified contacts of infected patients have been traced and monitored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Authorities expect to release the remaining 46 people in quarantine on November 3, provided they continue testing negative for the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The restrictions could affect thousands of Kenyans living and working in Saudi Arabia, as well as those travelling for business and religious purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kenya has asked Saudi Arabia to provide the World Health Organization with the public health justification for the restrictions, in line with international health regulations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nairobi, November 2- Kenya has intensified diplomatic efforts to persuade Saudi Arabia to lift travel restrictions imposed on Kenyan travellers following concerns over an Ebola outbreak. The restrictions, announced on October 30, include a suspension of visas for Kenyan nationals and a ban on Saudi citizens travelling to Kenya. Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing’oei said the government is seeking a review of the measures, arguing that they are not supported by the current public health situation. Kenya has reported nine Ebola cases linked to a single cluster, with no new infections recorded since October 19. The government has also confirmed that all identified contacts of infected patients have been traced and monitored. Authorities expect to release the remaining 46 people in quarantine on November 3, provided they continue testing negative for the virus. The restrictions could affect thousands of Kenyans living and working in Saudi Arabia, as well as those travelling for business and religious purposes. Kenya has asked Saudi Arabia to provide the World Health Organization with the public health justification for the restrictions, in line with international health regulations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4457"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4459,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4457\/revisions\/4459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}