The Kisumu county government has threatened to sue to have unclaimed bodies buried in mass graves as unclaimed bodies. Health executive Boaz Nyunya in a statement gave 48 hours notice to all the mortuaries to disposes all the bodies in their custody. "Failure to which we will move to court to have them removed and buried in mass graves as unclaimed bodies,"Nyunya said. "All these will be declared as unclaimed bodies if not released to relatives within the stipulated time". Kisumu Central remains the epicentre of the disease followed by Kisumu East and Kisumu West subcounties.

Source: The Star June 12, 2021 07:52 UTC