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2 Dead, Several Admitted In Suspected Anthrax Outbreak In Meru
by Wycliffe Wycliffe
April 24, 2019, 3:26 PM
Two people have been confirmed dead and nine others admitted in hospital following suspected anthrax outbreak in Meru County.
Reports indicate the nine are currently admitted at Muthara Sub-County hospital.
The county has sent blood samples to the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRi) for further examination.
?Two patients died due to the infection and samples have been sent to Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) in Nairobi for confirmatory tests,? said Meru County?s Director of Communication Purity Nkirote.
Some of the patients told the doctors that they had consumed a carcass of a cow.
Others blamed their ailment on insect bites...
2 Dead, Several Admitted In Suspected Anthrax Outbreak In Meru
by Wycliffe Wycliffe
April 24, 2019, 3:26 PM
Two people have been confirmed dead and nine others admitted in hospital following suspected anthrax outbreak in Meru County.
Reports indicate the nine are currently admitted at Muthara Sub-County hospital.
The county has sent blood samples to the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRi) for further examination.
?Two patients died due to the infection and samples have been sent to Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) in Nairobi for confirmatory tests,? said Meru County?s Director of Communication Purity Nkirote.
Some of the patients told the doctors that they had consumed a carcass of a cow.
Others blamed their ailment on insect bites...
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