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Kenya on high alert after a suspected Marburg case near Uganda border

An illustration of Marburg virus particles. PHOTO | FILE

By  The EastAfrican

Kenya is on high alert following a suspected case of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in the western Trans Nzoia County, which borders Uganda.

This is after a Ugandan national with symptoms of the haemorrhagic fever visited a herbalist in a village in Kaisagat location, Kwanza Constituency, seeking medical assistance.

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