Kenya has confirmed its first Ebola case and death after a Kenyan national who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo for seven years died in Nairobi.
According to the BBC, Kenya’s Health Minister, Aden Duale, said the patient fell ill about a month ago and received treatment at several hospitals in the Democratic Republic of Congo before travelling to Kenya.
Duale said the patient travelled by road from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Kampala, Uganda, before boarding a flight to Nairobi on Saturday.
The patient underwent routine screening at Nairobi’s main airport before being taken to a hospital by a relative, the minister said.
After being admitted to Nairobi Hospital, the patient was transferred to an isolation facility built during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Duale said the patient developed “fever, chills, intense fatigue and weakness, painful swallowing, muscle pain and bleeding under the skin.”
