FALSE ALARM: Suspected Ebola patient tests negative
The Ministry of Health has now confirmed that the suspected case of Ebola, reported in Kericho Sunday night, was a false alarm. Health Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki told newsrooms late Monday evening that samples from the patient tested negative for Ebola. “The result of the tests carried out by the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) […]
How Africa’s porous borders make it difficult to contain Ebola
Mosoka Fallah, Harvard Medical School More than 2000 cases of Ebola have been recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since last August. Now, despite authorities’ efforts – such as screening millions of travellers moving between the DRC and its neighbours – the disease has spread. The World Health Organisation (HO) announced on […]
Woman hospitalized in Kericho over Ebola scare
A woman with ebola-like symptoms has been hospitalized at Kericho Referral Hospital.