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A 20-year-old man in Wajir County, Kenya suspected of having Ebola tested negative for the virus, easing concerns of a second case in the country. The patient had traveled from the Democratic Republic of Congo through Uganda before reaching Kenya. This comes after another Kenyan citizen who died of Ebola following travel from the DRC was confirmed positive earlier this week, marking Kenya’s first-ever Ebola case and raising questions about border screening procedures.
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Story summary
On Thursday, Wajir County governor announced that preliminary laboratory tests conducted on a 20-year-old man suspected of having contracted the Ebola virus were negative. The patient had recently traveled from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) through Uganda to Kenya, raising concerns due to Kenya's first-ever Ebola case reported just two days earlier in Nairobi, where another traveler from DRC died after testing positive for Ebola. This latest test result alleviates fears of a second case in East Africa and underscores the ongoing vigilance required amidst the current outbreak centered in the DRC.
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Preliminary laboratory results from a Kenyan patient who was suspected of contracting the Ebola virus have come back negative.
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Fears of a second case of Ebola in the East African country were allayed on Thursday after the governor of Wajir County, where the patient is being treated, revealed the test results.
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“I am pleased to report that the preliminary laboratory results indicate that the sample is NEGATIVE for Ebola Virus Disease,” the Wajir county governor said in a statement.
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The suspected patient is a 20-year-old man with a travel history from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) through Uganda to Kenya.
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The other Kenyan patient who tested positive for the virus and subsequently died had travelled the same route.
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Kenya had reported its first-ever Ebola case on Tuesday after a citizen who became sick in the DRC died in Nairobi.
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Ongoing Ebola outbreak
The deadly strain of the Ebola virus has spread widely, starting in the DRC earlier this year.
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The DRC officially declared an outbreak in May.
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Kenya is the fourth country to record a case linked to the Ebola epidemic in the DRC, the second-largest on record.
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The ongoing outbreak in the eastern DRC has killed at least 4,205 people out of more than 8,700 reported cases.
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The outbreak spread across the border to Uganda, which had about 20 cases before being declared Ebola-free in July.
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The strain behind the latest spread has been dubbed the Bundibugyo virus (BDBV), believed to have spread from animals to humans through a new transmission route.
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No vaccine currently exists for Bundibugyo.
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The first case in Kenya drew scrutiny over the status of the virus in neighbouring Uganda and exposed lapses in Kenya’s border screening systems.
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The patient who died was able to pass through multiple airport temperature checks.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is working with Kenyan authorities to trace contacts and strengthen checks for travellers entering the country.
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