{"id":112480,"date":"2025-03-25T17:04:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T17:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/year-old-child-among-3-diarrhea-related-deaths-amid-cholera-fears-in-nyando\/"},"modified":"2025-03-25T17:04:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T17:04:29","slug":"year-old-child-among-3-diarrhea-related-deaths-amid-cholera-fears-in-nyando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/year-old-child-among-3-diarrhea-related-deaths-amid-cholera-fears-in-nyando\/","title":{"rendered":"Year-old child among 3 diarrhea-related deaths amid cholera fears in Nyando"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>KISUMU, Kenya, Mar 25 \u2014 Three people have died in a suspected cholera outbreak in Nyando Sub-County, Kisumu County, prompting an investigation by health authorities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Samuel Orage, the Assistant Chief of Kobongo, confirmed that the deaths occurred within a week, raising concerns over the spread of the acute diarrheal infection. Among the deceased is a one-year-old child.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first death was reported last week, while two others occurred this week,\u201d Orage said, adding that family members of the victims reported symptoms consistent with cholera.<\/p>\n<p>The victims are set to be buried tomorrow under strict public health guidelines to curb potential transmission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will ensure there is no feasting or gatherings during the burials,\u201d Orage stated.<\/p>\n<p>Kisumu County Executive for Health, Dr. Gregory Ganda, confirmed an outbreak of acute diarrhea in the area but said health officials are awaiting test results to confirm cholera.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are on high alert, but confirmation will depend on laboratory test results,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have urged residents to observe hygiene measures as investigations continue<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KISUMU, Kenya, Mar 25 \u2014 Three people have died in a suspected cholera outbreak in Nyando Sub-County, Kisumu County, prompting an investigation by health authorities. Samuel Orage, the Assistant Chief of Kobongo, confirmed that the deaths occurred within a week, raising concerns over the spread of the acute diarrheal infection. Among the deceased is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112480\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}