Kenya confirms first Ebola case imported from DRC and says patient has died

Health minister says 28 contacts identified after death of citizen who arrived from DRC on Saturday

Kenya ⁠has recorded its ⁠first confirmed ​Ebola case, a Kenyan citizen who had been living in the Democratic ⁠Republic of the Congo and arrived in Nairobi on Saturday, the health minister, Aden ⁠Duale, has 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.

DRC 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 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 ‌body fluids of ​infected ​people, living or dead. It can cause fever, vomiting, diarrhoea and, in severe cases, internal and external bleeding.

Fuente: The Guardian World