Kenya reports first Ebola case in patient from Democratic Republic of Congo

Kenya has confirmed its first Ebola case after a Kenyan citizen died in Nairobi on Tuesday. The patient had travelled from the Democratic Republic of Congo through Uganda and arrived in Kenya on Saturday. Tests showed the person had the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus. Health officials are now tracking 28 close contacts, including family members and hospital workers. They are also trying to reach 23 passengers and four crew members from the same flight. The current outbreak started in eastern DRC in mid-May and has infected over 8,500 people, killing more than 4,100. Nearly half of all patients have died. Kenya is the fourth country to record a case. Before this death, Kenya had screened over 652,000 travellers and trained around 5,000 healthcare workers.