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Kenya Rules Out Evacuating Citizens from Epicenter of Coronavirus

Rael Ombuor

   NAIROBI - Kenya's government said that its citizens stranded in Wuhan
   city -- the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak -- are safer staying
   where they are.

   The announcement came amid demands for evacuation by the families of
   about 100 Kenyans stuck in the city, a majority of them students on
   Chinese scholarships.

   Speaking Thursday, government spokesperson Cyrus Oguna said none of the
   students had contracted the disease, but if they flew back home, they
   could put others at risk.

   "We are a very wise government that looks at things in broad totality,
   not based on what others are doing but based on what we think is right
   for our children," Oguna said. "These Kenyans are coming from different
   locations of Wuhan and they will be assembled in one central location.
   Through that movement, the potential of one of them getting infected
   cannot be ruled out. If one of them gets infected, the possibility of
   the other 100 getting infected cannot be ruled out."

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