Nakuru county in collaboration with the National government will carry out a massive vaccination exercise against Influenza A and B that has so far killed more than 40 children at the Nakuru County Referral and General Hospital.
County Health Executive Dr Mungai Kabii said the exercise which will cost an estimated Sh400 million will target vulnerable groups including the elderly and children between six months and seven years, and also those prone to the infections including people living with HIV/Aids, and health workers managing the outbreak.
Briefing the press at Nakuru Annex Hospital yesterday, Dr Kabii said the Nakuru County Referral and General Hospital has received 90 doses of drugs and is expecting more by the end of the week.
He commended the Ministry of Health for sending a team of doctors from Disease Surveillance and Response who teamed up with doctors from the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) in the United States to help in investigation and diagnosis of the influenza before it spread further.
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