Wednesday, June 17,
2026 - The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) has dismissed as
misleading viral social media claims alleging that it is recruiting 200
volunteers to be deliberately infected with malaria in exchange for Ksh48,000.The claims, which spread widely on social media, suggested
that participants will spend 24 days in hospital while receiving daily payments
of Ksh2,000.In a statement issued on Wednesday, June 17th,
KEMRI refute…
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