Fourteen people have died from cholera since January and 1,216 in 12 counties are infected, public health officers have reported. Nairobi and Garissa are most affected, the Association of Public Health Officers of Kenya said on Thursday. Kalazar disease has also been reported in Wajir and Marsabit - the cases number 3,189 cases and the deaths seven. "The six centres are tents we have set up so that people do not need to travel to KNH but all facilities are attending to reported cases, " he said. Duba said there are only 2,000 public health officers in the city against a population of more than five million.

Source: The Star July 20, 2017 12:00 UTC