Kenya prepared for Ebola. It still slipped through — a warning of wider cross-border spread

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Ebola reached Kenya despite months of screening and preparedness, after an infected man traveled from the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The case raises concerns about cross-border transmission and the limits of travel screening and health-system readiness.

Kenya had spent months preparing for Ebola, one of the world’s deadliest viral diseases, screening hundreds of thousands of travelers and training nearly 5,000 health workers in case it crossed the borders. Then Ebola arrived. A man who had been ill for weeks and was later confirmed to have Ebola left eastern Democratic Republic of … The post Kenya prepared for Ebola. It still slipped through — a warning of wider cross-border spread appeared first on Egypt Independent.