Influenza virus causes panic in Kenya
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kenyan health officials have issued an alert after samples taken from patients confirmed the presence of h1n1 prototype 9 influenza virus2 the samples were taken from the patients suffering from flu in laikipia county central kenya reports2 mr donald mogoi a chief officer in charge of health in the area said a child is suspected to have died of the flu two weeks but the deadly virus was confirmed on tuesday by the national public health laboratories2 the five-year-old boy died at the nanyuki cottage hospital and was being treated for pneumonia his dad said2 mrs evelyn obongo a clinical officer at the regional hospital nanyuki teaching and referral hospital said wednesday that her team is attending to at least 60 cases with 15 cases already admitted to the wards2 most of the patients are children mrs obongo said2 cases of the flu have been on the rise in the last two weeks she added2 the diseased is characterised by high fever diarrhoea vomiting dry cough and general body weakness2

Influenza virus causes panic in Kenya
News & Trends •
kenyan health officials have issued an alert after samples taken from patients confirmed the presence of h1n1 prototype 9 influenza virus2 the samples were taken from the patients suffering from flu in laikipia county central kenya reports2 mr donald mogoi a chief officer in charge of health in the area said a child is suspected to have died of the flu two weeks but the deadly virus was confirmed on tuesday by the national public health laboratories2 the five-year-old boy died at the nanyuki cottage hospital and was being treated for pneumonia his dad said2 mrs evelyn obongo a clinical officer at the regional hospital nanyuki teaching and referral hospital said wednesday that her team is attending to at least 60 cases with 15 cases already admitted to the wards2 most of the patients are children mrs obongo said2 cases of the flu have been on the rise in the last two weeks she added2 the diseased is characterised by high fever diarrhoea vomiting dry cough and general body weakness2