Medical teams have been deployed to the Konoin area in Bomet County where one person has died of Hepatitis B disease.
County executive for health Dr Joseph Sitonik said the 29-year-old man died at a hospital in the Embomus ward.
“We have sent out our teams to carry out surveillance and testing in the affected area where one person succumbed,” said Dr Sitonic.
He said they had so far tested members of the family of the deceased but they all tested negative for the disease.
Dr Sitonic said there was no cause for alarm in the area noting that the death appeared to be an isolated case.
Health experts describe Hepatitis B as an infection of the liver caused by the Hepatitis B virus.
The infection can be acute (short and severe) or chronic (long-term).
Hepatitis B can cause a chronic infection and puts people at high risk of death from cirrhosis (severe scarring of the liver) and liver cancer.
The infection spreads through contact with infected body fluids like blood, saliva, vaginal fluids and semen.
It can also be passed from a mother to her baby.
Dr Sitonic said they would carry out vaccination in the affected area.
Symptoms of the disease include yellowing of the eyes, abdominal pain and dark urine but some people, particularly children, don't experience any symptoms according to medical experts.
