By KPC Reporter The Ministry of Health has intensified surveillance measures across the country following growing global concern over zoonotic diseases such as the Andes strain of hantavirus. Principal Secretary for Public Health and Professional Standards Mary Muthoni Muriuki said Kenya is shifting from “crisis response” to “long-term prevention” in dealing with emerging infectious diseases. […]

By Nyang’au Araka The Ministry of Health has directed counties to immediately activate preparedness measures following a hantavirus outbreak linked to a Dutch-flagged cruise ship that has so far claimed three lives. In an advisory released on Friday, Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni Muriuki warned all county health departments, sub-county medical officers, and hospital medical superintendents […]