{"id":4219,"date":"2020-03-14T15:45:07","date_gmt":"2020-03-14T15:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=4219"},"modified":"2020-03-14T15:45:07","modified_gmt":"2020-03-14T15:45:07","slug":"officials-fumigate-ongata-rongai-homes-after-coronavirus-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/files\/coronavirus-in-kenya\/officials-fumigate-ongata-rongai-homes-after-coronavirus-report","title":{"rendered":"Officials fumigate Ongata Rongai homes after coronavirus report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Health officials on Saturday fumigated homes in Ongata Rongai, Kajiado County, where the patient who tested positive for coronavirus lives.The country\u2019s security apparatus was on Friday night racing against time to trace and isolate persons who came into contact with a 27-year-old Kenyan woman who brought home the dreaded coronavirus.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/images\/saturday\/larewvi6w2qdof5e6cc7d77f754.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the case described by\u00a0Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe\u00a0as \u201cimport case,\u201d the lady traversed two US states &#8211; Ohio and Illinois before she landed in London. It is from London that she flew back to the country on March 5.She is currently undergoing treatment at Kenyatta National Hospital isolation ward.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/images\/saturday\/shwhmtmhs0sr3fify5e6cc7f9acd46.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/images\/saturday\/axalylsbepar96yb5e6cc81e5d4f1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\u201cWe have our fingers crossed that hopefully, this is and will be the only case,\u201d Kagwe said.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, a team of medics and Rapid Response Team were holed up in Rongai, Kajiado County, to conduct what sources called \u201ccontact tracing\u201d of all the people she may have interacted with in the last few days.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/images\/saturday\/pkvcffg6ejqd7pa5e6cc84a495a7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Kenya confirmed the first case of coronavirus on March 13.The CS said Kenyans\u00a0could go on with their activities\u00a0as usual provided they observed all the hygiene rules such as keeping away from those who are coughing and also washing their hands regularly.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/images\/saturday\/vmhqfjinmxef1js09l5e6cc875d0a6e.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/images\/saturday\/nebqbzkxo0s4gha5e6cc888ca0c2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we have is a positive patient no more than that so there is no cause for alarm.\u201d<br \/>\nFollowing the confirmation of the first case, the government has banned all public gatherings including religious jamborees locally known as \u201ccrusades\u201d and interschool events as it monitors the situation.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/images\/saturday\/grktmwbufqnyfwrqz5e6cc8a711762.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>When the\u00a0first case of the novel coronavirus\u00a0broke out in late December, the immediate worry was the impact on the African continent due to its close links to China.<\/p>\n<p>None of the cases reported in Africa so far have come from China but from Europe, with the most recent cases being from the US and Japan.<\/p>\n<p>More cases are now being reported every day than were reported in China at the height of its epidemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health officials on Saturday fumigated homes in Ongata Rongai, Kajiado County, where the patient who tested positive for coronavirus lives.The country\u2019s security apparatus was on Friday night racing against time to trace and isolate persons who came into contact with a 27-year-old Kenyan woman who brought home the dreaded coronavirus. 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