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Kenya confirms its first Ebola case
Kenya's Health Secretary Aden Duale said a Kenyan man who had lived in Congo for seven years and traveled home through Uganda died in Nairobi and tested positive for Ebola, the country's first confirmed case. Officials are tracing 28 contacts plus passengers and crew from his flight. Congo's outbreak, declared in mid-May, has passed 8,000 cases and 4,000 deaths.
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Sources
- Al Jazeera: Kenya confirms first Ebola case after patient from DR Congo dies in Nairobi
- The Boston Globe: Man living in Congo who returned to Kenya is country's first confirmed Ebola case
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