Atlanta mayor tests positive for Covid-19; Kenya emerges from lockdown; Israel reimposes restrictions. Follow the latest updates
- US cases near 3m as White House claims country is a “leader” in global fight against virus
- Fury as Boris Johnson accuses care homes over high Covid-19 death toll
- Global report: India sees record daily rise as capital opens giant hospital
- World map: which countries have the most cases and deaths?
Speaking of Kenya, allow me to introduce (if you don’t already know her) Nairobi’s Elsa Majimbo – a lockdown comedian unlike any other.
Viral videos filmed in her bedroom while under lockdown – during which she updates followers on her search for a boyfriend and warns her future child that they will never be given a car (“You have legs. Two in fact.”) – have made Majimbo a social media star.
Related: Elsa Majimbo, the crisp-eating, straight-talking star of Kenya's Covid-19 lockdown
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday announced a “phased reopening” of the country, with the resumption of international flights from August 1 as well as the lifting of internal travel restrictions.
The move comes as pressure mounts to kickstart the country’s ailing economy after nearly four months of coronavirus restrictions that have devastated key industries such as tourism. Kenyatta said in a televised address that “international air travel into and out of the territory of Kenya shall resume effective 1 August 2020.”
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