The government on November 20 confirmed one more case of Mpox, bringing the total number of confirmed cases of the disease to 18.
Health Cabinet Secretary Deborah Barasa said the latest case was confirmed in Nakuru County.
“The cases are distributed as follows: Nakuru (four), Nairobi,(two), Mombasa (two), Kajiado (two), Bungoma (two), Taita Taveta (one), Busia (one), Makueni (one), Kericho (one) Uasin-Gishu (one) and Kilifi (one),” she said.
The CS said a total of 1,900,967 travellers have been screened at various Points of Entry (POE) since the onset of the outbreak, with 14,311 screened in the last 24 hours.
She added that the National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL) has received a total of 296 samples for testing: 18 have tested positive, 272 have returned negative results, and six are pending.
Barasa said the ministry continues to enhance its surveillance systems as it monitor the outbreak within the region.
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