Chicks are seen drinking in a classroom converted into a poultry house because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the town of Wang'uru, Kenya, August 28, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
MWEA, Kenya (Reuters) - Rows of spinach sprout in the sports field where the students of Roka Preparatory school once played football, and clucking chickens fluff their feathers in sawdust-covered classrooms where children once sweated over their exams.
No students have thundered down these eerily quiet corridors since March, when Kenya abruptly closed its schools three days after the first case of COVID-19 was detected. The loss of income means some private schools will shut permanently.
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