The Ministry of Health has confirmed one more Mpox case in Nakuru County, bringing the number to nine in the Country.
Health Cabinet Secretary Dr. Deborah Barasa said the new case detected in Nakuru County is of a 37-year-old male truck driver who had traveled to Rwanda and Uganda.
The 9 confirmed cases presently are hence distributed across the following counties: Nakuru (2), Taita Tavern (I), Busia (I), Nairobi (I), Mombasa (I), Makueni (I), Kajiado (I), and Bungoma (I).
Further, CS Barasa stated that the health ministry has yet to register any deaths among the confirmed cases.
“Our surveillance efforts remain robust, and the ministry has traced 68 contacts, 61 of whom have been monitored for the recommended 2I-day period, and the remaining 7 contacts are being monitored by our public health teams in the respective counties and Community Health Promotors (CHPs).”
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"Only one of the contacts tested positive for Mpox during the monitoring period. Additionally, the Ministry continues to screen travellers at all Points of Entry (POEs). In the last 24 hours alone, 15,541 travellers were screened, raising the total of travellers screened across 26 POEs to 1,128,976.”
Similarly, she stated that the National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL) has received and tested 227 samples to date, with 9 confirmed positive, 211 testing negative, while another 7 are still being tested.
