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Thursday, February 25, 2021

Kenya bars athletes from Kilimanjaro Marathon over Covid-19 fears

Athletics Kenya has banned its athletes from competing in Tanzania's top marathon race set for Saturday, February 27th over concerns about the Covid-19 pandemic.


In a statement, AK said it will not be permitting its runners to participate in the Kilimanjaro Marathon at the foothills of Africa's highest mountain" due to the global outbreak and spread of Covid-19,"


Kenyan athletes dominated the last three editions of the Kilimanjaro Marathon taking a clean sweep in both the men's and women's category.

Tanzania has in the recent weeks registered a spate of deaths of both common mwananchi and senior government officials and has attributed the fatalities to pneumonia


This comes as the US cautioned its citizens against travelling to Tanzania due to the spread of the virus.


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