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Health & Science
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Jael Mboga and Reuters
| Mar 17, 2020
The Kenyan government has confirmed another case of coronavirus in the country, bringing the total number to four.
Health CS Mutahi Kagwe said the patient in question had travelled from London, United Kingdom, on March 8 arriving in Kenya on March 9. “The latest case was confirmed today at our National Influenza Centre Laboratory,” CS Kagwe said, adding that the tracing of people who may have come into contact with the patient was underway.
The first case of coronavirus in the country was confirmed on March 13. The CS said out of the 27 persons who came into contact with the patient, only two had tested positive.
So far a total of 111 cases have been tested at KEMRI and National Influenza Centre laboratories since the pandemic struck in Kenya.
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Kagwe said the 36 people who were in contact with the two latest coronavirus patients had been traced and are being monitored.
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