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Furious Joho threatens to lock down Old Town

Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho and Mvita MP Abdulswamad Nassir address residents.

Mombasa's Old Town, the epicentre of coronavirus cases in the county, is staring at a lockdown after the number of infections rose to 38, with six deaths in less than a month.

Yesterday, non-residents were banned from entering the town after it was declared an infection hotspot amid revelations that residents have shunned State-sponsored mass testing.

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