Africa-Press – Kenya. Authorities at Kisii Prisons are fighting to tame scabies outbreak troubling male inmates at the facility. Kisii county health officer who toured the facility on Tuesday said that some of the inmates are infected.
Speaking anonymously, the officer described the situation at the facility as dire but said efforts are being done to contain it. “We visited the institution for assessment and we confirm there are several cases which are being monitored,” he told the Star.
He said congestion was a likely factor in the spread of scabies. “There were however no immediate drugs available to help medical personnel posted there contain the plague,” he said.
The health officer said they are waiting for an emergency budget to help in procuring drugs to treat the patients. “Whatever drugs initially bought had expired and thus the need to procure new ones,” the officer said.
Kisii Prisons boss Oliver Rapando, in a phone interview, admitted the outbreak within the facility but said that 10 inmates had contracted it. “It is not as extensive as some people are painting it, and those few being held here have been isolated for treatment,” he told.
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