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| 'Mysterious' Disease Kills Nine in Kenya
"He appealed for immediate intervention to contain the outbreak and prevent more deaths." RT Image: © James Wakibia / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images More than 80 others are bedridden as a team of surveillance experts and laboratory technologists work to identify the illness A "mysterious" disease has ravaged Kagi, a community in Kenya's northern county of Marsabit, killing nine people and leaving more than 80 others severely ill, according to local authorities. "We have lost nine people so far and at least 80 others are bedridden in the villages," Moses Galoro, senior chief of the region, said on Wednesday, according to Nation Media. He appealed for immediate intervention to contain the outbreak and prevent more deaths. He said six of the deceased were adults, and three were children aged between one and three years. The disease, first reported two weeks ago, is suspected to be a form of "violent malaria" based on preliminary investigations by health officials. Symptoms