Watch out for animal-to-human infection

Kenya’s public health sector is on the radar once again, this time reassuring Kenyans that the fatal Ebola outbreak in West Africa, won’t strike here. No persons less than the Health Cabinet Secretary James Macharia and Kenya Airways CEO Titus Naikuni, have come out strongly to defend Kenya’s preparedness to tackle the Ebola virus.

Mr Macharia says all entry points are properly manned and public health officials can identify anyone with the virus and isolate them to prevent an outbreak. Mr Naikuni says KQ is doing due diligence to ensure no one with the virus boards their aircraft. That is all too well.