PS: 10 Quarantined as Kenya Intensifies Ebola Response
Health officials are tracing 57 more contacts and have intensified screening at airports and border crossings, as authorities move to contain the outbreak.
- Kenya confirmed its first-ever Ebola case on Monday after a patient died at a Nairobi hospital, prompting authorities to quarantine 10 close contacts and trace 57 others.
- The patient traveled from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where an ongoing outbreak has killed more than 4,000 people this year, transiting through Uganda before reaching Nairobi.
- Africa CDC chief Jean Kaseya noted medication likely masked symptoms, while borders lack rapid diagnostic tests; Dr. Dennis Miskellah of the doctors' union cited screening "lapses" at major entry points.
- Facilities in four main hospitals are designated for Ebola management, and Health Minister Aden Duale is considering converting the isolation facility into the region's "first" infectious disease hospital.
- President William Ruto stated that surveillance and rapid response teams are active, with officials having screened more than 650,000 travelers and tested 267 samples since May.
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No Ebola Outbreak in Kenya - Health Secretary
Kenya’s Health Cabinet Secretary, Aden Duale, says the country is not experiencing an Ebola outbreak, despite recording its first death from the disease. Duale disclosed that health authorities were treating the case as an isolated incident while intensifying efforts to trace people who had contact with the victim. He said authorities had identified 57 contacts, […]
Ten people linked to Kenya's first-ever Ebola case quarantined as screening concerns grow - The Ghana Report
Ten people who came into contact with a man who died of Ebola in Kenya have been quarantined, health officials in the East African nation say. They are also trying to trace 57 other contacts of the Kenyan patient after he travelled from the Democratic Republic of Congo, dying in hospital in Nairobi on Monday. […]
Health authorities have confirmed 57 tracked contacts; 10 are already in quarantine; country has reinforced maximum surveillance at borders; at least 133 isolation beds are ready for possible cases in Nairobi; situation is under control and there is no outbreak. Source of original article: United Nations / United Nations (news.un.org). Photo credit: UN. The content of [...]
Ebola Strikes Kenya, 1 Dead, 10 Quarantined - Taarifa Rwanda:
Kenya is in total panic as the East African state records it’s first case of Ebola linked death, Taarifa Investigative Desk reveals. According to emerging details, the Kenyan Ebola victim had lived in Democratic Republic of Congo for 11years. Before he succumbed to the disease, he had taken a bus ride from Beni, DRC and […] The post Ebola Strikes Kenya, 1 Dead, 10 Quarantined appeared first on Taarifa Rwanda:.
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