Connect with us

Coronavirus

Italian Man Quarantined In Lamu After Checking Into Hospital With Coronavirus Symptoms

Published

5 years ago

on

Lamu County commissioner Irungu Macharia has confirmed that an Italian man has been quarantined at Siha Hospital, Mpeketoni after seeking treatment for fever.

The Italian, 74, is said to have fallen sick on Thursday after which he sought treatment at a private facility where he was diagnosed with high fever.

The man, who normally lives at his residential house in Mpeketoni with his Kenyan wife, was isolated immediately because of his recent travel history.

It was established that between March 3 and 4 this year, he travelled by Ethiopian Airlines from Rome, Italy, to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Advertisement

He then travelled to Mombasa and finally to Malindi via a local flight before connecting to Mpeketoni by road.

Kenya Insights allows guest blogging, if you want to be published on Kenya’s most authoritative and accurate blog, have an expose, news TIPS, story angles, human interest stories, drop us an email on [email protected] or via Telegram
Related Content:  Coronavirus Making Overnight Millionaires In Kenya
Related Topics:

Kenya West is a trained investigative independent journalist and a socio-political commentator on matters Kenya and Africa. Do you have a story, Scandal you want me to write on? Send me tips to [[email protected]]

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

Facebook

Most Popular