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Lamu grapples with suspected Chikungunya outbreak
by CHETI PRAXIDES Correspondent,Coast Region.
Coast
17 November 2021 - 22:
Lamu county is grappling with a suspected outbreak of Chikungunya, a viral disease.
The situation has seen health facilities in Lamu island, Witu, Mpeketoni and Faza register an overload of such cases with samples being sent to the Kenya Medical Research Institute.
The Chikungunya virus, just like dengue fever, is spread by mosquitoes and therefore any factors favouring the multiplication of mosquitoes, such as stagnant water, will result in an increase in infections.
Lamu Health executive Anne Gathoni said a routine surveillance is under way across the region to ascertain whether the disease is indeed Chikungunya...
Lamu grapples with suspected Chikungunya outbreak
by CHETI PRAXIDES Correspondent,Coast Region.
Coast
17 November 2021 - 22:
Lamu county is grappling with a suspected outbreak of Chikungunya, a viral disease.
The situation has seen health facilities in Lamu island, Witu, Mpeketoni and Faza register an overload of such cases with samples being sent to the Kenya Medical Research Institute.
The Chikungunya virus, just like dengue fever, is spread by mosquitoes and therefore any factors favouring the multiplication of mosquitoes, such as stagnant water, will result in an increase in infections.
Lamu Health executive Anne Gathoni said a routine surveillance is under way across the region to ascertain whether the disease is indeed Chikungunya...