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Kenya confirms its first Ebola death as outbreak spreads

The patient has been living in DR Congo for the past seven years.

Kenya confirms its first Ebola death as outbreak spreads

Kenya has confirmed its first Ebola case — a Kenyan citizen who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo for the past seven years.

Health Minister Aden Duale said the patient, who became ill a month ago and was treated at several hospitals in DR Congo, died days after arriving in Nairobi.

Duale said the patient took a flight on Saturday and passed through routine public screening at Nairobi’s main airport before being taken by a relative to a hospital in the city. Tests later confirmed a positive result for the Ebola Bundibugyo virus.

More than 4,000 people have died from Ebola in DR Congo this year, in what is the second-deadliest known outbreak of the disease.

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