Fastest-growing Ebola outbreak: Kenya confirms first case as citizen who arrived from Congo dies
- Kenya on Tuesday confirmed its first case linked to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Africa, the fastest-spreading in history, with a Kenyan citizen who arrived from Congo via Uganda testing positive for the infection.
- According to Kenyan health minister Aden Duale, the patient arrived in the country on October 3 and had been isolated and treated at a hospital in the capital, Nairobi.
- The person tested positive for the Ebola virus after developing symptoms associated with hemorrhagic fever and died late Monday while receiving treatment.
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- Kenya on Tuesday confirmed its first case linked to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Africa, the fastest-spreading in history, with a Kenyan citizen who arrived from Congo via Uganda testing positive for the infection.
- According to Kenyan health minister Aden Duale, the patient arrived in the country on October 3 and had been isolated and treated at a hospital in the capital, Nairobi.
- The person tested positive for the Ebola virus after developing symptoms associated with hemorrhagic fever and died late Monday while receiving treatment.
Sources: Times of India