Kenya confirms first Ebola case after death
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Kenya's health ministry has confirmed its first Ebola case after a Kenyan citizen died following their trip to the capital Nairobi after living in the Democratic Republic of Congo. [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe] The patient was initially treated in the DRC after becoming ill four weeks ago. Family members, healthcare workers and people who travelled on the same flight are being traced. DRC has been battling its largest-ever Ebola outbreak this year, with more than four-thousand deaths caused by the rare Bundibugyo strain of the disease. ------- Get more news at our site - https://www.channel4.com/news/ Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe Follow us: TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@c4news Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/channel4news/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/Channel4News Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Channel4News/
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