Symbolic imageKenya traces contacts after first Ebola death exposes screening gaps
Kenya confirmed its first Ebola death on Tuesday, a man who flew to Nairobi after falling ill in Congo. Authorities are tracing the passengers on his flight.
Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale said the Kenyan citizen had lived in Congo for seven years and developed symptoms about a month earlier. He drove to Uganda and landed at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta airport on Saturday, 3 October, passed the airport screening, sought treatment and died on Monday, according to Breitbart. Reuters and Al Jazeera frame the case as exposing gaps in border screening. Airline Jambojet is helping to monitor the 23 people on the flight, and the government has identified 28 contacts to follow for 21 days. The WHO and the African CDC are sending resources to Kenya.
WHO advises against travel bans
The WHO says Congo, Uganda, France and Kenya have now recorded cases of the Bundibugyo strain, and it strongly discourages travel restrictions. Its latest count, from 23 September, is 7,890 cases and 3,799 deaths, according to Breitbart.