Kenya is losing up to Sh800 million daily following the suspension of China flights, which was enforced to combat the spread of COVID 19.

This is according to a report by the Parliamentary Budget Office which says that the country's economy will greatly be affected due to the close ties Kenya has with China, which reported its first case of the virus in November 2019.

"Kenya is among the top ten most vulnerable economies to COVID 19 due to its interconnectedness with China and the fact that it is not well equipped to address the impact of the health pandemic," reads the report.

In February, Kenya's high court ordered the temporary suspension of all incoming flights from China and instructed the government to track down and isolate the 239 people who had arrived in the country aboard a China Southern Airlines flight.

Justice Makau had warned should the flights continue coming from COVID 19 hotspot, then Kenyans were vulnerable to getting infected.

"Kenyans will continue to be exposed to the deadly coronavirus unless the government is stopped from allowing more flights from China," the judge said in a high court ruling in February.

All international flights remain suspended, a measure introduced by the government to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, with an exception of cargo flights and planes sent to evacuate foreigners.

In addition, Kenya has also banned inter-county movement in and out of Mombasa, Kwale, and Kilifi Counties for 21 days. This saw aviation players halt operations until the last week of April 2020 to comply with the government's directive to ban movement in and out of areas marked as the country's COVID 19 hotspots.

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