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Kenya - Mpox outbreak 2024-2026

Source: https://www.tv47.digital/busia-health-officials-raise-alarm-over-an-increase-in-mpox-cases-99363/

Busia: Health officials raise alarm over an increase in Mpox cases
By Stephanie Mukandairo
May 15, 2025​
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Health officials in Busia County have raised alarm over a surge in Mpox infections, urging residents to stay vigilant and report any suspected cases to the nearest health facilities.

Busia currently leads with 39 confirmed Mpox cases since December, according to County Disease Surveillance Coordinator Evans Shiraku. Of these, three patients were Ugandan nationals treated at Busia County Referral Hospital. Alarmingly, four new cases were confirmed just last week.

Shiraku expressed concern over the low public awareness of the disease, particularly in Bunyala, Samia, and Butula sub-counties, where no cases have been officially reported. He warned that residents in these areas might be infected but are not seeking medical attention.​..
 
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Kenya: Mpox infections reported to be increasing rapidly in Mombasa

By: Diana Wanyonyi, Mombasa
Published:11/07/2025 - 17:23
Edited:15/07/2025 - 08:11

The coastal city of Mombasa, Kenya, has set up a special public health emergency operations center to control the spread of the Mpox disease.

Data from the Ministry of Health in Mombasa County shows that there has been an increase in Mpox infections between June and July 2025, with a total of 24 patients admitted to a special isolation facility at Utange Sub-Hospital where they continue to receive treatment.

Dr. Mohamed Hanif, the chief medical officer at the Mombasa County Health Department, said the disease was first reported in a prostitute on September 3rd last year.

"As of July 10 this year, since the outbreak, we have found 159 people who underwent medical examination and out of that, 98 people have been diagnosed with the disease, and out of that number of 98, two of them have died. We have 24 patients who are isolated at Utange Hospital," said Hanif.

A 12-year-old child is among those confirmed to have been infected, with most patients between the ages of 26 and 45.

According to Dr. Hanif, Mpox infection is spreading rapidly in the community, "Infections are occurring in all counties with Nyali leading at 23 percent and Changamwe at 19 percent and that does not mean that the infection is found only in these two sub-counties.

Disease Surveillance Coordinator Nasoro Mwanyalu said they are awaiting direction from the national government to distribute the vaccines to Mombasa county.

"The Mpox vaccine was received nationally and plans are underway but we have been assured that Mombasa county is one of the counties that will benefit from the vaccine, so we are awaiting direction on how the vaccine will be distributed to the community."

To prevent and control the disease, public health officer Hildegard Wasike has urged citizens to take hygiene measures similar to those for Covid-19 by washing hands thoroughly with soap and water, wearing masks, avoiding gatherings of people and isolating themselves from Mpox patients.

Symptoms of this disease include fever, headache, muscle aches, and persistent cough.

https://www.rfi.fr/sw/e-a-c/20250711-kenya-maambukizo-ya-mpox-yaripotiwa-kuongezeka-kwa-kasi-mombasa
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Mombasa confirms two mpox deaths as infections surge in Nyali and Changamwe

By Farhiya Hussein
Monday, July 14, 2025
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Health officials in Mombasa have confirmed two deaths linked to Mpox, as the number of new infections continues to rise across the coastal county.

According to Dr Mohammed Hanif, Mombasa County Director of Clinical Services, the virus, first detected in Kenya on July 31, 2024, has so far infected 226 people nationwide, with four fatalities reported. Mombasa is one of 21 counties with confirmed cases.
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https://eastleighvoice.co.ke/coast/179032/mombasa-confirms-two-mpox-deaths-as-infections-surge-in-nyali-and-changamwe​
 
Mombasa leads Kenya’s mpox outbreak as MoH, WHO step up response

By Farhiya Hussein
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
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Mombasa County has emerged as the region with the highest number of mpox cases in the country, prompting swift action from the Ministry of Health (MoH) in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) to curb the outbreak.

The Director-General of Health, Dr Patrick Amoth, confirmed that out of the 300 cases recorded nationwide, Mombasa alone accounts for 139, the highest tally thus far.

“In light of the numbers we are seeing, it is crucial that we take immediate preventive steps. We are working hand in hand with WHO to launch a targeted vaccination campaign, and a specific date for this exercise will be made public in due course,” Dr Amoth said.
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https://eastleighvoice.co.ke/health/187521/linear-gradient​
 
Nyeri Confirms First Mpox Case as National Tally Hits 314

By Golden Moses
August 5, 2025
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Nyeri has become the 23rd county in Kenya to report a confirmed case of Mpox after a 60-year-old woman who travelled from Nairobi to Mathira East Sub-County tested positive for the virus.
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The new case in Mathira comes just days after Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale announced that Kenya had recorded 314 confirmed cases of Mpox across 22 counties. The highest number of confirmed cases has been recorded in Mombasa (146), Busia (63), Nakuru (21), Kilifi (19), Nairobi (17) and Makueni (13).

Other counties with reported cases include Taita Taveta and Uasin Gishu, five each, Bungoma four, Kajiado, Kakamega and Kiambu three each, Kericho and Machakos two each, while Migori, Kisii, Kirinyaga, Isiolo, Kitui, Narok, Baringo and Trans Nzoia have one case each. Duale said new infections are still emerging, warning that the disease continues to spread.
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https://eastleighvoice.co.ke/mpox+o...mpox-case-as-60-year-old-woman-tests-positive
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Bungoma health officials confirm one death linked to Mpox

KBC Channel 1
5 Aug 2025 #kbcchannel1 [HASHTAG="t43859"]news[/HASHTAG] #kbclive

Health officials in Bungoma County have confirmed one death linked to Mpox disease. Three other people who tested positive for Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) are undergoing treatment. The cases were detected at Bungoma County Referral Hospital, amid growing concerns about the spread of the virus through key border points. Dr. Caleb Wata, a senior health officer at Bungoma County Referral Hospital, confirmed that the deceased is a truck driver.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r4O8WemST8

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Excerpt from the briefing

...Kenya is at this stage one, if not the country that is the most worrisome... we are fast tracking the support that we will be bringing to Kenya including a country mission that will happen in the next few days or few weeks...
 
Kenya to launch mpox vaccination drive as cases rise
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Katie Hudson
27 August 2025 12:34pm BST
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Clade 1b mpox – a new variant of the disease that first emerged in the Democratic Republic of Congo – has been circulating in Kenya since July last year but the outbreak has worsened in recent weeks.

The east African country has now reported 370 cases of the virus in total, with 157 of those coming in the last six weeks, according to the latest update from the World Health Organization (WHO). At least seven people have died, giving a case fatality rate of about two per cent.

The surge in infections has set off alarm bells among health officials, who are anxious to stop the virus from exploding as it has in Sierra Leone and the DRC, where tens of thousands of people have been affected.

“We’ve seen it in Kinshasa, we’ve seen it in Freetown … at some point the increase can be quite exponential,” said Professor Yap Boum II, assistant manager of Africa CDC’s mpox incident management team, as he unveiled the plans for the vaccination campaign.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-...-launch-mpox-vaccination-drive-as-cases-rise/
 
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