Ebola: Ministry puts 20 counties on high alert as cases rise in Uganda

Ebola isolation tent at Kenyatta National Hospital. [ Moses Omusula, Standard]

The Ministry of Health has placed 20 counties on high alert for Ebola virus infection as cases in neighbouring Uganda rise.

Dr Patrick Amoth, the Acting Health Director General, said on Tuesday last week that the counties of Busia, Nakuru, Kiambu, Nairobi, Kajiado, Machakos, Makueni, Taita Taveta, Mombasa, Kwale, and Kericho were at risk of infection with the virus that broke out in Uganda on September 19.