Moi High School Mbiruri Closed Over Infectious Disease Outbreak

Moi High Mbiruri which is in Runyenjes Embu County has been temporarily closed due to an outbreak of Hepatitis A.

35 students have been affected. About Hepatitis diseases Unlike hepatitis B and C, hepatitis A does not cause chronic liver disease and is rarely fatal, but it can cause debilitating symptoms and fulminant hepatitis (acute liver failure), which is often fatal.

The hepatitis A virus is one of the most frequent causes of foodborne infection.