Kenya's Health Ministry on Wednesday launched a 10-day cholera vaccination drive to combat cholera outbreak which has claimed 196 lives in the last 10 months. Mary Muriuki, Principal Secretary of the State Department of Public Health and Professional Standards in the ministry, said in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya that…
Kagwe Takes Action Over Tanzania s Rising Covid-19 Deaths
Kenya s Health CS Mutahi Kagwe (left) and Tanzania s President John Pombe Magufuli (right)
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Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has heightened security measures at entry points and also sent Covid-19 related items to counties located along the border after the number of deaths in neighbouring Tanzania increased.
Speaking to
Kenyans.co.ke on Saturday, February 20, Kagwe said that they had enhanced port health surveillance, increased testing capacity, and sent personal protective equipment (PPEs) to all border counties.
These include Mombasa, Kwale, Migori, Taita Taveta, Kajiado, Busia and Kilifi. Health Director-General, Patrick Amoth added that the counties were directed to heighten checks, tracing, screening and surveillance at the borders.