
Health Minister Aden Duale says patient died days after arriving in Nairobi from DR Congo.
Kenya confirms its first case of Ebola after a citizen living in DR Congo for seven years traveled to Nairobi and died from the Bundibugyo virus.
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More than 4,000 people have died from Ebola in DR Congo this year during the second most deadly known outbreak.
Kenya has confirmed its first case of Ebola - a Kenyan citizen who has been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo for the past seven years.
Health Minister Aden Duale said the patient, who fell ill a month ago, and was treated in several hospitals in DR Congo, died days after arriving in Nairobi.
Duale said the patient boarded a flight on Saturday and underwent normal public screening at the main airport in Nairobi before he was transferred by a relative to a hospital in the city. Tests conducted confirmed positive for Ebola Bundibugyo virus.
More than 4,000 people have died from Ebola in DR Congo this year, in what is the second most deadly known outbreak of the disease.

The WHO is verifying with the Russian authorities the circumstances of the death of a 28-year-old laboratory worker in Irkutsk. Moscow attributes the death to pneumonia of undetermined origin and rules out pneumonic plague.

The Bundibugyo type of Ebola was detected in Kenya in a person who came from DRC via Uganda. Minister of Health Aden Duale announced that the patient died on October 5 and 28 contacts were identified.
The first case of Ebola has been confirmed in Kenya. A man who was infected in the DR Congo and traveled to Nairobi via Uganda died of the Bundibugyo virus. Authorities are now looking for contact persons.

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Kenya has reported its first case of Ebola fever, and the patient died in a Nairobi hospital. Authorities are searching for 23 passengers and four crew members of the flight.