PS for Public Health, Mary Muthoni Muriuki, has called for enhanced preventative surveillance efforts to tackle the Andes strain of hantavirus and urged Kenya to move away from crisis response towards a long-term prevention strategy. Speaking at the Kenya Health Security Convention held in Mombasa, following the One Health Summit in Lyon and the World
Kenya’s Ministry of Health has issued a fresh public advisory after reports of a hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship operating in the Atlantic Ocean. The World Health Organization (WHO) updated the situation on May 7, 2026, confirming 8 cases and 3 deaths among passengers and crew aboard MV Hondius. Public health officials in
The global health organizations have increased their surveillance measures after the hantavirus outbreak in the expedition cruise ship named MV Hondius, which sailed through various parts of South America and Antarctica on its way to Europe. There have been at least three fatalities due to this hantavirus outbreak and a number of people infected by
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