Kenya Sees First Ebola Case Imported From Congo
Health authorities in Kenya confirmed an Ebola infection in a traveler who recently arrived from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The person fell ill in Congo a month ago and traveled by road to Uganda. The patient arrived by plane in Nairobi on Oct. 3 and died Monday. This marks Kenya's first imported case linked to the outbreak in central Africa. Bloomberg's Janice Kew reports. (Source:…
A Kenyan citizen who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has become Kenya's first confirmed case of Ebola and the country's first death from the disease. According to the Daily Maverick, the patient had lived in Congo for seven years and had been ill for about a month before travelling by road from Congo to Uganda's capital, Kampala, and then flying to Nairobi on Saturday.
The patient was admitted to Nairobi Hospital with symptoms including fever, chills, and bleeding beneath the skin, and was quickly placed in isolation. He died late on Monday, reports PBS NewsHour Health and Qatar Tribune.
The Kenyan government has taken steps to contain the outbreak, with eight of the patient's family members and 21 healthcare workers who attended to him quarantined and being monitored, according to the Daily Maverick. President William Ruto's office has also ordered an enhanced national response to the outbreak, as reported by People Daily Kenya.
Brief written by urgent.news from PBS NewsHour Health, Qatar Tribune, France 24, Daily Maverick, People Daily Kenya — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
