source: Daily Nation
by: Walter Menya
In Nairobi, the director of public health, Dr Shanaz Sharif said while the WHO declaration was welcome, Kenya would not relax its vigilance. “We still have to monitor our activities just as before,” he said.
The virus started in Mexico in April 2009 and on June 11 the same year, the World Health Organisation officially declared it a global pandemic.
Kenya confirmed its first case on June 29. The country went on to report more than 800 suspected cases after the first one, involving a British university student who was in a group of 34 on an educational tour, was diagnosed in Kisumu.
