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Swine flu now endemic in East Africa, says WHO
Personnel from the Kisumu District Hospital examine a student of Otieno Oyoo Secondary School for symptoms of swine flu. Photo/TOM OTIENO
Posted Monday, October 19 2009 at 00:00
Those suspicions heightened when 21 cases were confirmed in two large refugee camps in northern Kenya housing a total of 320,000 people.
Sixteen of the cases were detected in Dadaab, while five were confirmed in Kakuma.
Following the detection of the cases, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) said that it had activated its emergency preparedness plan for dealing with H1N1, including establishing isolation facilities and installed extra personal hygiene facilities.
On its part, the WHO is calling for calm, saying that H1N1 had proved to be a much milder infection than originally thought.
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