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Nine die of hepatitis B in health risk zones

Nine people have died of hepatitis B in West Pokot in the past seven months, leading the county to be identified as a health risk zone.

Medics are in the region to vaccinate and sensitise the residents them locals after several cases of the viral disease were reported. 

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