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20-year-old man from Uriri village succumbed to the Rift Valley Fever disease on June 21. [Photo: Courtesy]
Health officials in Siaya are working against time to contain Rift Valley Fever (RVF), even as one more person was hospitalised with symptoms of the disease after a man died early this week.
Siaya County Health Director Samwuel Omondi could not, however confirm the case. He and other officials were holed up in a closed door meeting at the county referral hospital.
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