Kenya confirmed its first Ebola case on Tuesday, an imported infection from Congo through Uganda, resulting in the death of a Kenyan citizen at Nairobi Hospital. Health Minister Aden Duale reported that 28 close contacts, including family members and health workers who cared for the patient, have been identified, while another 23 passengers traveling on the same flight are being traced. Kenya has trained nearly 5,000 healthcare workers to manage and prevent Ebola cases, with over 267 samples tested across five laboratories since May.
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Kenya confirms 1st Ebola case imported from Congo
Officials are tracing dozens of contacts after man's death at Nairobi Hospital
Kenyan authorities on Tuesday confirmed the country's first imported Ebola case from Congo, making Kenya the latest country affected by the fast-moving outbreak.
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Health Minister Aden Duale said a Kenyan citizen who arrived in the country on Saturday from Congo, via its neighbour Uganda, had been isolated and treated at Nairobi Hospital, where he tested positive for the Ebola virus and died late Monday.
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Ebola is highly contagious and spreads in the human population through contact with bodily fluids such as vomit, blood or semen, and with contaminated surfaces and materials, such as bedding and clothing.
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The current outbreak was declared in mid-May, months after it had been spreading in a remote part of eastern Congo.
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At least 8,400 cases have been recorded, including more than 4,000 deaths, according to government data, making it the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease in history.
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Kenya had never had an outbreak of Ebola, according to the Kenya Medical Research Institute.
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Dozens of contacts have either been identified or are being traced.
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Duale said Kenya was well-prepared to respond to Ebola cases, having trained nearly 5,000 health workers across the country on prevention and management.
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Kenya is the fourth country to record an Ebola case in the current outbreak.
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Tracing of flight passengers begin
Uganda has recorded 20 cases and France one.
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Before Kenya reported its case, there had been no active cases outside Congo since Uganda declared its outbreak over in late August.
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Health authorities in Kenya have placed the country's border points on high alert and are monitoring for possible additional cases.
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Kenya's Health Minister Aden Duale holds a news conference in Nairobi on Tuesday, announcing the first case of Ebola in the country.
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Duale said 28 contacts, including family members and health workers who cared for the patient, had been identified.
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Another 23 passengers who travelled on the same flight from Uganda were being traced.
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He said the patient had been living in Congo for the past seven years and fell ill about a month ago.
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He was treated at various hospitals before travelling by road to Kampala, where he boarded a flight to Nairobi, arriving on Saturday afternoon.
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The contacts will remain in isolation for 21 days and will be released after testing negative for the virus, the Health Ministry's director, Patrick Amoth, said.
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The patient's relatives later took him in a private vehicle to Nairobi Hospital, where he was immediately isolated.
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He will be buried within 24 hours in accordance with recommended public safety protocols.
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The minister said Kenya had tested 267 samples at five laboratories across the country since May before this first case was detected.
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Congo's outbreaks 'like fighting a megafire'
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In Congo, where the outbreak has spread to seven provinces, conditions are difficult.
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Responders have faced attacks on health teams, misinformation about the virus, a failure by locals to report symptoms and rebel violence that has limited access to treatment centres.
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While cases have slowed in Ituri province, the epicentre, the outbreak is spreading in emerging hot spots in North Kivu and South Kivu provinces.
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"It is like fighting a megafire.
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Multiple outbreaks are developing at the same time, with varying intensity and in different locations," Stephanie Hoffmann, with Doctors Without Borders, said in a statement.
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The World Health Organization has warned this could surpass the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history, which erupted more than a decade ago and killed some 11,000 people in West Africa.
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