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Shutting markets and churches was a bad idea even as we fight Covid-19

A man prays in an empty ACK Cathedral in Nakuru on April 5, 2020. [Harun Wathari, Standard]

I have seen counties across the nation shut down markets in the wake of the novel coronavirus. I am told this is an effort to contain the spread of the virus. Methinks this directive is not well thought out.

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