The government has vacated the mandatory wearing of facemasks in public.

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe Friday afternoon maintained that there should be an increased sanitation and hygiene awareness even as the restrictions are relaxed.

Mutahi said that Kenyans are now free to walk without masks in open places and places of worship and sporting events will be limited to adults who have been vaccinated.

For schools, school games will resume unconditionally.

The new announcement comes months after infection rate reduced from an average 30 per cent weekly in December last year, to 0.3 per cent this week.

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