A Kericho based Radio Station, Radio Light and Life, has been forced to close all its operations. This is after nine of it's key staff members tested positive for the deadly Covid-19.
In a statement signed by the head of radio, Lyton Yegon, he indicated that the nine staff members had been taken to the Kericho County Referral Hospital isolation facility.
"Nine of our staff members have tested positive to Covid-19. The first staff member was tested on Monday and the results were released on Wednesday at 10.36 am and were taken in for treatment at the Kericho County Hospital Covid-19 isolation facility,” Lynton Yegon has said
This is a move set to curtail the further spread of the virus in the Kericho based Radio station.
While speaking to the Standard Newspaper, Yegon has further urged the fans of the radio station that they will be kept updated in any new update in the Radio's social media pages. He has concluded by saying, “We have been in consultation with the Board of Directors, Media Council of Kenya and the Department of Health, Kericho County, and [we] decided to close down the radio station for two weeks effective today at 5.00 pm to allow our staff to receive proper medical attention and to fumigate our premises.”
"We have therefore, in consultation with the Board of Directors, Media Council of Kenya and the Department of Health, Kericho County decided to close down the radio station for two weeks effective today at 5.00 pm," Said Yegon in a statement.
The station has also requested its audience to adhere to the strict guidelines provided by the Ministry of Health to combat the spread of the virus.
