Kenya confirms second Mpox case

Kenya has confirmed its second Mpox case in a Ugandan truck driver at the Malaba border, Health PS Mary Muthoni told the Nation.

The driver reported that he had travelled to DR Congo recently, which is the epicentre of the disease.

“The patient has been isolated and is under active management in one of our health facilities in Busia County,” a statement from the Ministry of Health said.

This comes about three weeks after the country confirmed its first case of the viral disease at the Taita Taveta border with Tanzania.

The first incidence was also a long-distance truck driver. He was travelling from Uganda to Rwanda through Kenya, the Health Ministry said at the time.