Overview
- The Health Ministry confirmed an imported Ebola infection in a Kenyan who had been living in the DRC and traveled to Nairobi via Uganda after overland movement into Uganda.
- The patient was isolated and treated at Nairobi Hospital and later died while receiving care.
- Authorities have identified 28 contacts, including family members and health workers, and are monitoring them for signs of infection.
- Kenya has raised its national alert level, increased screening at ports of entry and activated a preparedness taskforce to prevent onward transmission.
- The case links to the DRC outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo species, which has produced thousands of cases and deaths and has no approved vaccine, while nearby Uganda was earlier declared free after its own limited transmission.