Angolans who do not have valid yellow fever certificates will be denied entry into the country, the government has said, following two cases.
Medical services director Jackson Kioko said those who have the certificates should have been vaccinated ten days before the intended day of travel.
Kioko added in a statement to newsrooms on Friday that Kenyans travelling from Angola who do not have valid yellow fever certificates will be isolated. He said they will be held at the entry points until all tests are done.
The director
urged those who wish to travel to Angola or any other country with a yellow fever outbreak to be vaccinated at least ten days before the day of travel.
He said those who will not have certificates will not be allowed to leave the country.
A man from South C, Nairobi, who had been diagnosed with yellow fever was from Kenyatta National Hospital on Thursday evening.
The first case was of a man who had also returned from Angola. He was referred from a clinic in Eastleigh estate to KNH where he died on Wednesday.
The World Health Organization has said that at least 158 people have died in Angola, with over 50 deaths reported last month, warning
the disease could be spreading very fast.
Angola lies in the yellow fever belt of Africa where 90 per cent of about 60,000 annual global deaths occur due to the disease, according to WHO data.
There is no specific treatment for the viral disease which is transmitted by infected mosquitoes.
Vaccination is the best preventive measure against it.