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Malaria kills 90 in western Kenya

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    Ninety people have died in Kenya's western Kisii district over a three-week period following a malaria outbreak, Kenyan television said. According to reports from the ministry of health, there were more than 3,000 reported cases and some 1,300 patients currently admitted at health institutions in the area. A medical officer, Beth Rapuoda, was quoted by the ministry as saying although the outbreak is under control the population has low immunity to highland malaria.

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