Kenya: Vaccination to End Deadly Rift Valley Fever Starts

10 January 2007

Nairobi — A livestock vaccination campaign was launched yesterday in renewed efforts to fight Rift Valley Fever.

But even as the Government went full throttle to confront the viral infection in Garissa, the death toll continued to rise, with the fever claiming four more people in just 24 hours. This brings the number of victims to 74.

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