The government will ship close to 500 rapid test kits after a dengue fever outbreak was reported in Mombasa last week. A total of 352 people have been diagnosed with the mosquito-borne tropical disease in several health centres across the county. The outbreak also comes at a time when we had just concluded a study on dengue fever in Mombasa,” Matendechero said. They include: high fever, severe headaches, severe joint and muscle pain, fatigue, vomiting and nausea. In cases of sever dengue fever, the patient would have a skin rash, which would appear two to five days after the onset of fever.

Source: The Star May 09, 2017 20:37 UTC