Health Cabinet Secretary Deborah Barasa revealed that the laboratory-confirmed case of the disease in the country was an adult male truck driver.
Kenya’s Ministry of Health has reported a second confirmed case of Mpox (monkeypox), a few days after five new suspected cases were detected.
In a statement on Friday, August 23, Health Cabinet Secretary Deborah Barasa revealed that the laboratory-confirmed case of the disease in the country was an adult male truck driver.
He had presented to the Port Health screening desk at the Malaba One Stop Border Post- Busia County with salient symptoms of the disease and a history of travel to the epicentre of the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).Â
“The patient has been isolated and is under active management in one of our health facilities in Busia County. Further, active surveillance for suspected cases has been enhanced in the region and across all counties to ensure the spread of the disease is controlled,” the statement read in part.
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