Nyahururu County Referral Hospital in Laikipia.Three cases of Mpox have been confirmed in Nyandarua County.
Health officials said two of the patients are admitted at Nyahururu County Referral Hospital in Laikipia.
According to Laikipia County CEC for Health, Dr Albert Taiti, the patients are a couple.
“They also have their two children, a three-year-old and a three-month-old. The children are not sick, but they could not be left at home because they are too young, so they are also at Nyahururu Hospital, as there is nobody to take care of them,” Dr Taiti explained.
He noted that the patients have been in isolation for three days and are responding well to treatment.
Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is a viral disease that causes a distinctive rash, fever, muscle aches, and swollen lymph nodes.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) renamed the disease in 2022 to reduce stigma.
The virus, which is from the same family as smallpox, spreads through close contact with an infected person, animal, or contaminated materials.
While most patients recover fully, the illness can be fatal for vulnerable groups.
There is no cure, and treatment is largely supportive.
Dr Taiti said the cases in Laikipia originated from Nyandarua’s Ndaragua Constituency but were referred to Nyahururu as it is the nearest facility.
Following the confirmation, a surveillance team was deployed to conduct contact tracing to prevent further spread.
“The only contacts traced are the mother’s sister and a young man at Reshau Secondary. Since they are not infected, all that can be done is self-monitoring,” he said.
Dr Taiti urged residents of both Laikipia and Nyandarua not to panic, emphasizing that Mpox is not airborne.
Kenya had by July 31, 2025, recorded 314 confirmed cases of Mpox, marking a significant surge in infections exactly one year after the first case was detected at the Taita Taveta border crossing.
