The cholera epidemic has expanded to six of Kenya’s districts, including the capital city of Nairobi, the Kenyan Ministry of Health reported yesterday, Wednesday. It also noted that the total number of injuries so far documented has reached roughly 60 cases.
A highly contagious illness, cholera is typically spread by water tainted with human faeces.
Cholera causes severe, dry diarrhoea after a brief nursery period of two to five days, and if the victim is not treated right away, he could pass away in a matter of hours.
The “Cholera outbreak” was recognised by the Kenyan health authorities in six of the nation’s provinces, including the capital city of Nairobi, where 17 cases were reported.
50 million people live in East Africa, where the Ministry of Health claims that a “wedding ceremony held in Kimo Province,” just ten kilometres north of the country’s capital, Nairobi, is the cause of the pandemic.
31 injuries were reported in this province alone, which is half as many as were reported nationwide.
According to the health authorities, 13 patients were taken to hospitals because of the seriousness of their condition.
The Ministry of Health issued a statement warning that the country’s ongoing drought, which has intensified to a degree unseen in 40 years, “may intensify the cholera pandemic.”
Cholera outbreaks occurred in Nairobi and five other Kenyan provinces.
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