Dr Joseph King'ori (left) with other medics
By KNA
Nyeri County Health CEC Dr. Joseph Maina Kiragu has advised residents to seek medical attention if they exhibit symptoms similar to the monkeypox virus (Orthopoxvirus monkeypox).
The county is working closely with local administrators to ensure the public is adequately sensitised on how to keep the highly infectious disease at bay.
Most symptoms of the disease are similar to those of the flu and can also include pus-filled skin lesions.
Within one to three days of infection, a patient will develop a facial rash that spreads to other parts of the body.
The county has implemented measures to address any such incidence in the county, including alerting public health officers and leading a team in surveillance of the whole county.
The idea is to inform suspected patients to report to the nearest health institution, and tests are being conducted locally.
Three weeks ago, the county was on high alert after a suspected case of the virulent diseases was reported in the area.
However, samples taken from the suspected patient later turned out negative for the disease after they were subjected to laboratory tests in Nairobi.
“We are on the lookout. We have alerted our public health officers and also have a team that is leading the surveillance of the whole county. This team has officers in the whole county,” he told KNA.
Yesterday, the government said it hopes to receive at least 2 million monkey pox jabs from a Danish pharmaceutical company to inoculate Kenyans against the disease, which has infected a total of 99,176 people and led to 208 fatalities globally since January 2022.
The state will only provide the doses to the most vulnerable groups, similar to what happened during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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