The Ministry of Health has undertaken measures against Marburg virus disease. [Photo/topactu.net]The Ministry of Health has undertaken measures against Marburg virus disease.
In a statement, the Ministry of Health across all health institutions in Kenya have taken adequate measures to prevent importation of Marburg virus disease that has appeared in eastern Uganda on the border with Kenya, WHO points out.
"In order to prevent importation of these disease into the country, the Ministry of Health, in collaboration stakeholders, has undertaken some measures, including screening of travellers and crew members of vessels from the two countries on arrival," said Director of Medical Services, James Kioko, in Daily Nation on Tuesday 24th October, 2017.
According to WHO, Marburg virus disease is a rare disease with a high mortality rate for which there is no specific treatment, and it is transmitted to humans through exposure to mines or caves inhabited by bats and consumption of bush meat or physical contact with an infected person. The incubation period is 2-21 days, and symptom onset is sudden and marked by fever, chills, headache, and myalgia.
According to World Health Organisation (WHO), two people have so far succumbed to the disease.