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No link between new mosquito breed and malaria in Marsabit

Anopheles stephensi was first reported in Kenya in March. [iStockphoto]

Tests have revealed the surge in malaria cases in Marsabit County is not as a result of the new mosquito species Anopheles Stephensi.

Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) conducted tests after 11 people in the county died and several others were taken ill.

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