Kenya confirms first Ebola case imported from Congo, patient has died

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.

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 ​Organization declared Uganda free of the ​disease ⁠in August.

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.

Source:  Reuters