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Rift Valley Fever — Kenya
Mandera is on high alert over outbreak of Rift Valley fever (RVF) that has claimed 4 lives in the neighbouring Wajir County.
County Public Health officer, Abukar Abdi Sheikh while speaking to the press on [Tue 19 Jun 2018] said the County government has put intervention measures to curb an outbreak of the killer disease. The measures have been up scaled especially in Kuttullo, Mandera South and Mandera West Sub-counties and also Wajir.
Last [Fri 15 Jun 2018], 5 blood samples were sent to