Kenya confirms first imported Ebola case and death after arrival from DR Congo

Kenya confirmed its first Ebola case on Tuesday after a Kenyan citizen who had travelled from the Democratic Republic of Congo died in Nairobi.

Virus spread from DR Congo, which is experiencing its worst outbreak

Health Minister Aden Duale said 28 contacts have been identified and placed in isolation, as Kenya becomes the fourth country to record a case in the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history

Kenya has confirmed its first Ebola case and death after a national who travelled from the DR Congo died in Nairobi from the Bundibugyo virus strain. Read More: https://punchng.com/kenya-confirms-first-ebola-death-as-outbreak-spreads/

Kenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the health minister announced Tuesday, after a Kenyan man who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo died after returning to the country.

The crisis is driven by the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which there are no approved vaccines or antibody treatments.

Kenya is on Ebola alert after a citizen died in hospital following their return from Congo, marking the first imported case from the virus-stricken country.

Kenya’s Health Ministry has confirmed the country’s first imported Ebola case from Congo

The first imported case of Ebola has been recorded in Kenya.

Kenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the health minister announced on Tuesday, after a Kenyan man who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo died after returning to the country. The post Kenya reports first-ever Ebola death appeared first on Vanguard News.

Kenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the health minister announced on Tuesday, after a Kenyan man who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo died after returning to the country. The man, who was not named, fell ill about a month ago and had been treated in the DR Congo, Health Minister Aden Duale told reporters, before travelling overland to the Ugandan capital, Kampala, and then flying to Nairobi on October 3. He added that he was screened and confirmed positive for the...

Kenya has recorded its first confirmed Ebola case, a Kenyan citizen who has been living in Democratic Republic of Congo and arrived in Nairobi on Saturday, Health Minister Aden Duale said. The patient has since died, and 28 contacts have been identified so far including family members and health workers, Duale told a press conference. So far “only one test has turned positive and is the one that we have just discussed”, he said. The man, who has not been named, fell ill around a month ago and had been treated in the DRC, Duale told reporters, before travelling overland to the Ugandan capital, Kampala, and then flying to Nairobi on October 3. He added that he was screened and confirmed positive for the deadly virus, saying that the man “regrettably passed on last night at around 1130”. “I wish to assure the public not to panic, as all systems are in place to mitigate the spread of the disease,” Duale added. Kenya has previously never recorded an Ebola case and Kenyans reacted furiously to government plans earlier this year for the creation of an Ebola facility at Laikipia Air Base, about 200 kilometres from Nairobi. Congo has been battling its largest-ever Ebola outbreak, caused by the rare Bundibugyo species. The outbreak was declared in mid-May but may have started months earlier and has so far resisted containment efforts, with the Central African country recording more than 8,000 cases and over 4,000 deaths. The outbreak earlier spread to Uganda, which reported 20 cases and two deaths, but the World Health Organisation declared Uganda free of the disease in August. The disease has killed more than 15,000 people in Africa over the past 50 years. Ebola spreads through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected people, living or dead. It can cause fever, vomiting, diarrhoea and, in severe cases, internal and external bleeding.

The patient has been living in DR Congo for the past seven years.

Health minister says 28 contacts identified after death of citizen who had arrived from DRC, which is facing largest-ever outbreakKenya ⁠has recorded its ⁠first confirmed ​Ebola case, a Kenyan citizen who had been living in the Democratic ⁠Republic of the Congo and arrived in Nairobi on Saturday, the health minister, Aden ⁠Duale, has said.The patient has since died, ​and 28 contacts ‌have been identified ‌so far including family members and health ‌workers, Duale told a press conference. Continue reading...