Health officials examines a patient after a Swine flu scare in Kisumu,
Kenya, on October 03, 2009. Kenyan health officials have issued as alert
after samples taken from patients suffering from flu confirmed the
presence of H1N1 prototype 9 influenza virus. FILE PHOTO | NATION
Kenyan health officials have issued an alert
after samples taken from patients in Laikipia County,
central Kenya,
suffering from flu confirmed the presence of H1N1 prototype 9 influenza
virus.
Donald Mogoi, a chief officer in charge of
health in the area said a child is suspected to have died of the flu two
weeks but the deadly virus was confirmed on Tuesday by the National
Public Health Laboratories.
The five-year-old boy died at the Nanyuki Cottage Hospital and was being treated for pneumonia, his dad said.
Evelyn
Obong’o, a clinical officer at the regional hospital, Nanyuki Teaching
and Referral Hospital, said Wednesday that her team is attending to at
least 60 cases with 15 cases already admitted to the wards.
Most of the patients are children, Mrs Obong’o said.
Cases of the flu have been on the rise in the last two weeks, she added.
The diseased is characterised by high fever, diarrhoea, vomiting, dry cough and general body weakness.
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