Kenya on high alert after Tanzania reports Marburg disease outbreak
Kenya's Ministry of Health acting Director-General for Health Patrick Amoth who has ordered the country's county health officials to remain on high alert to identify any possible outbreak of Marburg within the country's borders. PHOTO | FRANCIS NDERITU | NMG
Kenya has heightened disease surveillance systems across its border points following the detection of the Marburg virus disease (MVD) in Tanzania.
In a statement released on Wednesday, Dr Patrick Amoth, the acting director-general for health at Kenya’s Ministry of Health, noted that county health officials had been ordered to remain on high alert to identify any possible outbreak of the disease within Kenya's borders.
