Health CS Mutahi Kagwe confirms 3 more Covid-19 cases now 7
The Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has on Wednesday March 18th confirmed 3 more cases now bringing them to a total of 7 Coronavirus cases in Kenya.
CS Mutahi Kagwe says all the 3 new cases have been imported from outside the country.
Health CS, Mutahi Kagwe: It is now clear that the threat we face is from Kenyans coming from overseas or those who had visited, those coming in MUST self-quarantine!
The first two #COVID19KE cases are a couple that had travelled from Madrid,Spain on 4th March, 2020 through Dubai arriving in the country on 5th March,2020.
The third case involves a Burundian national who travelled from Dubai to Kenya arriving on 17th March 2020 & was picked at JKIA by surveillance team with high temperature during routine screening.Tracing of persons who may have come into contact with these patients is ongoing.
Health CS, Mutahi Kagwe: We have 18 cases admitted at Mbagathi isolation ward, 7 of which their #COVID19 results have tested negative.
The remaining 11, their samples are still under processing in our designated laboratories.
Be reminded that it is an offence to violate the self-quarantine rule. Those who violate the rule will be arrested and charged in the court of Law.
The National Influenza Centre and KEMRI have so far tested a total of 132 cases since the disease was reported in Kenya.
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