Kenya confirms first Ebola case as man dies in Nairobi after DRC return

Casos de Ebola ultrapassam 8. 000 enquanto a RDC luta para controlar o surto.

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The patient, who had lived in the DRC for seven years, had been ill for about a month before travelling by road from the DRC to Uganda’s capital, Kampala, and then flying to ⁠⁠Nairobi on Saturday, Aden Duale, Kenya’s health secretary told a news conference on Tuesday.

Duale disse que 28 contatos, incluindo membros da família e profissionais de saúde que cuidaram do paciente, foram identificados. Outros 23 passageiros que viajaram no mesmo voo de Uganda estavam sendo rastreados.

Patrick Amoth, director-general of the Kenyan Ministry of Health, said the contacts will remain in isolation for 21 days and will be released if they test negative for the virus.

Uganda reported 20 cases and two deaths earlier in the year but was declared Ebola-free in August.

A atual epidemia, que é a 17ª da RDC, se espalhou rapidamente desde que foi oficialmente declarada em 15 de maio.

The outbreak has claimed more than 4,000 lives, according to figures released by the government on Friday, and confirmed cases have ⁠⁠reached 8,300 across seven provinces, making it the worst Ebola epidemic in the country’s history.

The World Health Organization has warned that the epidemic is “far from over” and on track to surpass the regional 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak, which killed more than 11,000 people, primarily in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

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