TRAGIC! 2 Dead, 313 Infected in Latest Measles Outbreak in Kenya Kenya Health Department have confirmed the death of at least two people with 313 infection cases in latest measles outbreak in the country’s Mandera County. The disease has affected both children under the age of five and adults, leaving a child and an elderly woman dead. Low Immunization According to Mr Mohamud Mohamed, the county's health minister, the region is still battling the epidemic in parts of Banisa and Mandera West sub-counties. “We have managed the situation in Mandera East, North, South and Lafey sub-counties through emergency immunisation, but the national government will support the fight in the remaining areas,” he said. Mohamed blamed the low immunisation cover in Mandera on the nomadic nature of the communities. “Locals in Mandera are always on the move with their livestock at the expense of medical attention, but we are following them into interior grazing fields for immunisation,”...
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