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Kenyan patient suspected of Ebola tests negative in preliminary results
Preliminary laboratory tests for a 20-year-old man suspected of Ebola in Kenya came back negative.
He is being treated in Wajir County after travelling from the Democratic Republic of the Congo through Uganda.
The result eases concern that Kenya had recorded a second case.
Earlier this week, a Kenyan citizen who had travelled from the DRC died in Nairobi after contracting Ebola.
That case was Kenya’s first linked to the outbreak in eastern DRC, which has reported more than 8,000 cases.
The death also raised concerns about Kenya’s border screening, after the traveller passed through several airport temperature checks.
Officials are continuing to monitor the man, trace his contacts and strengthen checks for travellers entering Kenya.
Preliminary laboratory results for a 20-year-old man suspected of having Ebola in Kenya came back negative.
The man is being treated in Wajir County after travelling from the Democratic Republic of the Congo through Uganda.
The result eased fears that Kenya had recorded a second Ebola case.
Health officials are continuing to monitor and care for the man and trace his contacts.
Kenya reported its first Ebola case this week after a citizen who had travelled from the DRC died in Nairobi.
- Who
- A 20-year-old man suspected of having Ebola.
- What
- Preliminary laboratory results were negative.
- When
- The results were reported on Thursday.
- Where
- The man is being treated in Wajir County, Kenya.
- Why
- He was suspected of infection after travelling from the Democratic Republic of the Congo through Uganda.
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I am pleased to report that the preliminary laboratory results indicate that the sample is NEGATIVE for Ebola Virus Disease,
The Democratic Republic of the Congo officially declared an Ebola outbreak.
Kenya reported its first Ebola case after a citizen who became sick in the DRC died in Nairobi.
The Wajir County governor reported that preliminary test results for the suspected patient were negative.
- Suspected patient
- 20-year-old man
- Test result
- Preliminary laboratory results negative
- County
- Wajir
- Travel route
- Democratic Republic of the Congo through Uganda to Kenya
- Kenya's Ebola cases
- One confirmed case reported this week
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