Kenya has confirmed its first Ebola case, a Kenyan citizen who had lived in the Democratic Republic of Congo for 11 years. The patient traveled from the DRC to Uganda by road on October 2, then flew to Nairobi, Kenya on October 3 via Jambojet, passing through airport health screening. After arriving in Nairobi, he was taken to the hospital by a relative and isolated. He displayed symptoms including fever, chills, and bleeding under the skin, and tested positive for Ebola Bundibugyo virus. The man has since died and officials announced plans for a safe burial.
Kenyan health authorities are monitoring 28 contacts in the country and seeking to locate 23 passengers and four crew members from the patient’s flight. Kenya has been preparing for potential cases by screening over 652,000 travelers, testing 267 suspected samples, and training approximately 5,000 healthcare workers on Ebola prevention since the outbreak was declared in May. The ongoing DRC outbreak has resulted in 8,544 confirmed cases and 4,114 deaths, with a case-fatality rate of 48.2%.
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