The government through the Ministry of Health has confirmed two new cases of Mpox bringing the total number of confirmed cases to seven.
Through a statement, the Ministry of Health confirmed that the two cases were identified in Makueni and Kajiado Counties.
As it stands all the seven cases by counties include Taita Taveta, Busia , Nairobi , Mombasa , Nakuru , Makueni , and Kajiado and no deaths have been reported so far.
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“The Ministry of Health wishes to report that two (2) new Mpox cases have been confirmed in the past 24 hours from Makueni and Kajiado Counties, respectively, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to seven (7). The confirmed Mpox cases are distributed countrywide as follows: Taita Taveta (1), Busia (1), Nairobi (1), Mombasa (1), Nakuru (1), Makueni (1), and Kajiado (1),” read the statement.
A total of 61 contacts have already been traced by the Ministry out of the first five cases with only one contact testing positive for the virus. Contact tracing of the new cases is still in progress.
“Further, in the last 24 hours, 16,033 travellers have been screened at Points of Entry (POEs), contributing to a cumulative total of 1,002,621 travellers screened across the 26 POEs since the outbreak began. The National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL) has tested 190 samples from 28 counties, with seven (7) testing positive, 178 negative, and five (5) samples currently being tested,” said MoH.
