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President Uhuru Kenyatta encouraged tourists to return to Kenya, saying the country was safe and open for business even with coronavirus cases having tripled in the past month.

Kenyatta said the country was ready to receive domestic and foreign visitors, and that he was satisfied with measures taken by the tourism sector to protect travellers from COVID-19.

"I want to take this opportunity to encourage every single Kenyan to take advantage and to travel ... You can travel, you can move," Kenyatta said in a statement issued by his office.

"And now as you know, we have also opened up our skies and flights are coming. We welcome all those who choose to come."

Kenya recorded 699 new infections on Saturday, taking the country's overall tally to 25,837 - roughly three times the number of a month ago. It has recorded 418 deaths from the disease, government figures show.