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Fears of polio outbreak in Nairobi
MONDAY APRIL 30 2018
By AGGREY OMBOKI
Kenya?s hopes of being certified as a polio-free country have been dashed after the discovery of live polio viruses in sewage samples from Nairobi?s Eastleigh estate.
On April 6, 2018, Kenya Medical Research Institute personnel found the samples in the area during a routine investigation.
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?On Friday, April 6, the ministry was notified by Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) of isolation of polio virus type 2 from an environmental sample collected on March 21 from one of the sites in Eastleigh, Kamukunji sub County," said the government alert.
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Polio detection puts a damper on years of hard work
SATURDAY MAY 5 2018
By ELIZABETH MERAB
Kenya?s effort to be declared a polio free country this year has been pushed back by three years following discovery of the infectious virus in parts of Nairobi city last month.
The Ministry of Health last week issued an alert after a team of experts from the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) and Centre for Disease Control (CDC) reported that they found traces of the virus in sewage samples collected in Eastleigh in March.
Through a statement to county directors of health, Director of Medical Services Jackson Kioko warned that the virus, known as circulating vaccine-derived polio virus type 2, has the capacity to cause paralysis in un-immunised people.
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Speaking to the Nation, Dr Kioko said the ministry?s concern was that there could be some individuals who are carriers of the virus in the country and, therefore, the need to have mass vaccination.
?We do not know if the individual came and left or is still in the country but, from our observations and genetic sequencing, the virus is similar to that causing an outbreak in Somalia,? he said.
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MONDAY APRIL 30 2018
By AGGREY OMBOKI
Kenya?s hopes of being certified as a polio-free country have been dashed after the discovery of live polio viruses in sewage samples from Nairobi?s Eastleigh estate.
On April 6, 2018, Kenya Medical Research Institute personnel found the samples in the area during a routine investigation.
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?On Friday, April 6, the ministry was notified by Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) of isolation of polio virus type 2 from an environmental sample collected on March 21 from one of the sites in Eastleigh, Kamukunji sub County," said the government alert.
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Polio detection puts a damper on years of hard work
SATURDAY MAY 5 2018
By ELIZABETH MERAB
Kenya?s effort to be declared a polio free country this year has been pushed back by three years following discovery of the infectious virus in parts of Nairobi city last month.
The Ministry of Health last week issued an alert after a team of experts from the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) and Centre for Disease Control (CDC) reported that they found traces of the virus in sewage samples collected in Eastleigh in March.
Through a statement to county directors of health, Director of Medical Services Jackson Kioko warned that the virus, known as circulating vaccine-derived polio virus type 2, has the capacity to cause paralysis in un-immunised people.
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Speaking to the Nation, Dr Kioko said the ministry?s concern was that there could be some individuals who are carriers of the virus in the country and, therefore, the need to have mass vaccination.
?We do not know if the individual came and left or is still in the country but, from our observations and genetic sequencing, the virus is similar to that causing an outbreak in Somalia,? he said.
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