Kenya confirms first case of Bundibugyo strain of Ebola virus

Brief retelling from RIA II

Kenya has confirmed its first case of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola virus.

The patient had lived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the past seven years, where he became infected, and then arrived in Nairobi.

To date, neither a vaccine nor a treatment for the new Ebola strain, Bundibugyo, has been officially licensed.

MOSCOW, October 6 - RIA Novosti. Kenya's Ministry of Health has confirmed the country's first case of Ebola virus disease, the patient is in Nairobi, the Kenyan news portal Kenyans.co.ke reported on Tuesday, citing a statement by the country's Health Minister Aden Duale.

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“The Ministry of Health informs the public that it has confirmed the first imported case of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola virus,” Duale said.

According to him, the patient had lived in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for the past seven years, where he developed symptoms of the disease about a month ago. He was treated in several hospitals in the DRC before traveling overland through Uganda to Kenya.

According to the minister, on October 3 at 1:10 p.m. local time, the patient arrived at Jomo Kenyatta Airport in Nairobi on a plane carrying 23 passengers. After passing through standard health and passport control, his family and friends took him by car to a hospital in Nairobi, where he was immediately isolated in a private room.