Kenya: Catholic Priest arrested for spreading coronavirus
Rev Fr Richard Onyango Oduor, a Catholic Priest in Kenya has been arrested and will be one of two people in the country to be charged with “negligently spreading an infectious disease” after the country’s authorities indicated that he defied quarantine rules after flying home from Italy.
The priest however on Thursday April 16 denied the charges leveled against him and is currently free after he updated his bail. He’s however to spend another 14 days in quarantine and appear in court on Saturday, May 2, 2020.
Kenyan Media reports that the Priest had flew from Italy to Kenya to preside over a relative’s burial and had interactions with as many as 60 people while distributing the Eucharist. However, it is unclear how many of the individuals he came into contact with had contracted the disease.
Fr. Oduor tested positive for the virus and was hospitalized for a period of two weeks, and has since recovered. He was arrested on April 9, immediately after he was released from the hospital.
“Oduor reportedly traveled throughout Kenya from March 11 through 20, and was unaware that he had been infected with the coronavirus. During this period. Oduor took busses and a plane, and celebrated several Masses”, reports revealed.
Officials since the interactions have been able to locate and quarantine more than 130 people who came into contact with the priest.
Kenyan officials were able to locate and quarantine more 130 people who came into contact with the priest.
Source: AGNUS-DEI MEDIA
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