Publication: Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 in Kenya
Date
2021-06
ISSN
Published
2021-06
Author(s)
Pape, Utz Johann
Delius, Antonia
Khandelwal, Ritika
Gupta, Rhea
Abstract
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic has had a strong impact on the livelihoods of
Kenyan households, even though employment and income levels
are recovering. The second lockdown resulted in another
surge in food insecurity. While access to education worsened
again due to renewed school closures, health services
remained widely accessible to the population. Kenyans are
well informed about the preventive measures to avoid
COVID-19 infections, and compliance with hygiene measures
against the virus increased again during the second
lockdown. The majority of Kenyans will be willing to take a
COVID-19 vaccine, but many are concerned about potential
side effects. One-half of the Kenyan population is anxious
due to the fear of contracting COVID-19 and potential
employment losses. This brief summarizes the key results of
the Kenya COVID-19 rapid response phone survey (RRPS)
tracking the socioeconomic impacts of the crisis from May
2020 to June 2021.
Citation
“Pape, Utz Johann; Delius, Antonia; Khandelwal, Ritika; Gupta, Rhea. 2021. Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 in Kenya. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/35961 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”