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Kenya has confirmed its first imported case of Bundibugyo Ebola after a Kenyan who fell ill in the Democratic Republic of Congo travelled by road through Uganda and flew to Nairobi on Oct. 3. The patient has tested positive, died on Oct. 5 and authorities have identified and begun monitoring dozens of contacts and flight passengers.
Kenya has confirmed its first Ebola case linked to the Bundibugyo strain spreading from the Democratic Republic of Congo. A Kenyan national who travelled from the DRC via Uganda to Nairobi has died, prompting intensified border screening and contact tracing across Kenya and neighbouring nations.
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