More than 1,000 people have tested positive for Malaria in Marsabit, northern Kenya, weeks after the deadly disease killed more than 26 people in the expansive region.
A report handed to the country’s Health Cabinet Secretary Cleopa Mailu also showed that the 1,000 were from a sample of 2,500 people who sought treatment from hospitals in the area, Relief Web reports.
The Director of clinical and referral services Boru Okutu said on Tuesday that the number of malaria cases are on the rise and the rains expected in the region will make the outbreak worse.
“The county had always been considered a no risk zone for malaria until recently. For this reason, we had a shortage of drugs but we responded fast and now we are well equipped,” said Mr Okutu, the report said.
Malaria is caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infected female Anophelesmosquitoes. P. falciparum is the most prevalent malaria parasite in Africa and responsible for most malaria deaths globally.
According to the latest WHO estimates, released in December 2016, there were 212 million cases of malaria in 2015 and 429 000 deaths
Malaria cases on the rise in Kenya as over 1,000 test positive
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