Justina Syokau is rumoured to be among people who contracted super gonorrhea which KEMRI warned in Nairobi.
KEMRI said the strand of the sexually transmitted disease (STD) resistant to most drugs used to treat common gonorrhea is now in Nairobi.
The finding described by experts as of concern means that many Kenyans are carrying an almost incurable infection that can cause significant health problems including damage to the reproductive system.
The drug-resistant gonorrhea was isolated from a sample taken from one of the 24 sex workers in Nairobi last year.
Amina Abdullahi a researcher from KEMRI who made the discovery said most of the sick women did not even have the clinical symptoms of gonorrhea.
The drug-resistant gonorrhea was first reported globally by World Health Organization (WHO) at the height of Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
Speaking in a video on social media, Justina Syokau cried foul after she was linked to the super gonorrhea.
“Wacha ni address this once and for all. Kuna watu walisema nilileta gonorrhea Kenya ati mimi ndo mimi ndo nimeleta hii super gonorrhea. Let me know from the comment section vile munaelewa na vile unajua na uniambie hio ni nini ata super gonorrhea muniambie ni nini. Kwa sababu mimi naskia asira sana nimekasirika sana. I have never felt the way the way I am feeling,” Justina Syokau lamented.
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