More than ۴,۰۰۰ people have died in the worst outbreak in the DR Congo’s history, with confirmed cases surpassing ۸,۳۰۰.
Published On ۶ Oct ۲۰۲۶
Kenya has confirmed its first Ebola case after the death of a Kenyan national in Nairobi, who had returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The patient, who had lived in the DRC for seven years, had been ill for about a month before travelling by road from the DRC to Uganda’s capital, Kampala, and then flying to Nairobi on Saturday, Aden Duale, Kenya’s health secretary told a news conference on Tuesday.
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Duale said ۲۸ contacts, including family members and health workers who cared for the patient, had been identified. Another ۲۳ passengers who travelled on the same flight from Uganda were being traced.
Patrick Amoth, director-general of the Kenyan Ministry of Health, said the contacts will remain in isolation for ۲۱ days and will be released if they test negative for the virus.
Uganda reported ۲۰ cases and two deaths earlier in the year but was declared Ebola-free in August.
The current outbreak, which is the DRC’s ۱۷th, has spread rapidly since it was officially declared on May ۱۵.
The outbreak has claimed more than ۴,۰۰۰ lives, according to figures released by the government on Friday, and confirmed cases have reached ۸,۳۰۰ across seven provinces, making it the worst Ebola epidemic in the country’s history.
The World Health Organization has warned that the epidemic is “far from over” and on track to surpass the regional ۲۰۱۴-۲۰۱۶ West Africa Ebola outbreak, which killed more than ۱۱,۰۰۰ people, primarily in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
