THE COVID-19 PHASES IN KENYA
PHASE 1: Latent Phase
• COVID-19 still out of the country. Still a distant threat.
• Additional measures, mostly public health and surveillance at border entry points, are
taken to ensure COVID-19 does not enter the country.
PHASE 2: Germinal Phase
• COVID-19 enters the country. 1st know case is identified, quarantined, isolated and treated
• Those infected by 1st known case identified, tracked, quarantined and tested.
• A few more individuals carrying COVID-19 jet in. Spreads in few locations as they travel
home or check-in hotels as tourists. Initial containment measures instituted.
PHASE 3: Incipient Phase
• COVID-19 Virus spreads to specific localities within a country such as Nairobi, Mombasa,
and Kisumu. More cases identified.
• Tracing and isolation of contacts using all available tools including phone and credit card
records of locations.
• Stricter measures are put in place, with partial lock-down, dusk to dawn curfews.
• Mandatory quarantine required for travelers from outside country. Non-essential services
are disrupted.