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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.
Also placed on high alert were Bungoma, Siaya, Migori, Homa Bay, Kisumu, Trans Nzoia, West Pokot, Turkana, and Uasin Gishu counties.
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