Kenya Sees First Ebola Case Imported From Congo

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Kenyan health authorities confirmed the country's first imported Ebola case, involving a traveler who arrived in Nairobi from the Democratic Republic of Congo via Uganda. The patient died after arriving on October 3, prompting concern over cross-border disease transmission.

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: Bloomberg)

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