Kenya confirms first Ebola case as virus ‘surges’ in DR Congo province
Health minister says 28 contacts identified after death of citizen who arrived from DRC on Saturday Kenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the…
The Guardian reports that health minister says 28 contacts identified after death of citizen who arrived from DRC on Saturday Kenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the health minister announced on Tuesday, as the disease continues to spread rapidly through the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where the outbreak was announced in May.
This is the 17th outbreak of the highly infectious, often deadly disease in the DRC.
This health story centres on the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Ebola, Kenya and DR Congo.
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- Democratic Republic of the Congo · Africa
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- Key names
- Ebola, Kenya, DR Congo, DRC
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- Health
- Figure cited
- As of 2 October, 4,082 people had died out of 8,463 confirmed cases in the country since the emergence of the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, for which there… (The Guardian)
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