Via Standard Digital News: Kenya : State on high alert over Rift Valley Fever plague.
The Government has raised an alert over the possibility of an outbreak of the dreaded Rift Valley fever in parts of the country.
Following reports by the meteorological department that some areas will experience heavy rains, the Ministry of Livestock said mitigation measures were being put in place.
According to the minister in charge Mohammed Kuti, surveillance was high in parts of North Eastern and Rift Valley.
“The disease emerges whenever there are heavy rains and we have heightened our surveillance mainly in areas previously affected by the disease,” said the minister.
Dr Kuti said his ministry had already released 300,000 and 500,000 doses of vaccine to pastoralists in Garissa and Baringo respectively. He called on pastoralists in areas previously affected by the disease to report any suspicious symptoms.
