The Ministry of Health has given out new guidelines for the Cholera Outbreak in Mukumu Girls High School in Kakamega County.
Cabinet Secretary for Health Susan Nakhumicha said that preliminary patient samples tested at the Kenya Medical Research Institute laboratories (KEMRI) in Kisumu County showed positive for Amoeba and Typhoid.
In a statement, the CS said 108 cases of Gastroenteritis were recorded leading to the death of two students, and 68 of the students were managed as outpatients while 40 were admitted to the nearby health facilities.
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Susan Nakhumicha also ruled out suspicion of Marburg virus infection from both Mukumu Girls high school and Butere Boys High as she noted that neighboring countries were battling the disease.
The Environmental, Water, and Food samples have been collected for testing at the Government Chemist while other samples have been taken to the National Public Health Laboratory for further investigations after the Cholera outbreak incident.
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The Ministry of Health Cabinet Secretary noted that the Government is bouncing to ensure that the affected schools reopen in a safe environment and in a timely trend.
The Principal Secretary State Department of Basic Education Belio Kipsang who accompanied the CS asked schools across the country to work hand in hand with the Ministry of Health to curb such diseases.
