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Nairobi \u2014 Schools have been urged to implement infection prevention control protocols for classrooms, bathrooms, common areas even as Mpox cases rise to 33 in Kenya.<\/em><\/p>\n In a statement, Health Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni emphasized the need for frequent handwashing with soap and water or use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers.<\/p>\n She observed that with schools re-opening, children are at a higher riskof the disease.<\/p>\n “Students and staff are encouraged to frequently wash hands with soap and water or…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Read more on AllAfrica.com<\/a> Nairobi \u2014 Schools have been urged to implement infection prevention control protocols for classrooms, bathrooms, common areas even as Mpox cases rise to 33 in Kenya. In a statement, Health Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni emphasized the need for frequent handwashing with soap and water or use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers. She observed that with schools […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":189078,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn02.allafrica.com\/download\/pic\/main\/main\/csiid\/00490081:14c32bfe3ef59cd63431142ca31d66fa:arc614x376:w1200.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[250],"tags":[258,256,10498,6877,8480,20665,4688,430,49242,257,20304,10256,6756,254,6206],"class_list":["post-189077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya","tag-africa","tag-africa-news","tag-cases","tag-control","tag-implement","tag-infection","tag-kenya","tag-kenya-news","tag-mpox","tag-news","tag-protocols","tag-rise","tag-schools","tag-south-africa-today","tag-urged"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn02.allafrica.com\/download\/pic\/main\/main\/csiid\/00490081:14c32bfe3ef59cd63431142ca31d66fa:arc614x376:w1200.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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