NAIROBI, July 6 (Reuters) - Kenya Airways KQNA.NR will layoff an unspecified number of workers, reduce its network andalso get rid of some assets due to the coronavirus crisis, itschief executive said in an internal memo reviewed by Reuters.

"Our short and medium-term projections indicate that we mustinevitably reduce our operations before we begin to scale upagain," Allan Kilavuka wrote in the memo dated the July 3,adding that the exercise will be completed by Sept. 30.

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