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Health workers affected as viral disease spreads

Health workers in the county are among 580 persons infected by Chikungunya virus thereby hampering treatment and management of the mosquito-borne disease.

County Health Director Abdi Maalim Isaac told The Standard that about half of the health workers in Mandera County have been infected by Chikungunya and were undergoing supportive therapy.

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