{"id":487,"date":"2026-10-06T14:37:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T14:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=487"},"modified":"2026-10-06T14:37:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T14:37:34","slug":"kenya-confirms-first-ebola-case-after-patient-dies-in-nairobi-by-visaho-delson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=487","title":{"rendered":"Kenya Confirms First Ebola Case After Patient Dies in Nairobi By Visaho Delson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"554\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791297187236.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791297187236.jpg 554w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791297187236-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791297187236-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cs Health,Aden Duale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kenya has recorded its first case of Ebola after a Kenyan citizen who lived in the Democratic Republic of Congo for seven years died at a Nairobi hospital on Monday night. Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale announced the confirmation on Tuesday, noting the patient had fallen ill about a month earlier and received treatment in several hospitals in the DRC before travelling home.<br><br>The man travelled by road from the DRC to Kampala, then boarded Jambojet flight 8523, arriving at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Saturday at 1.10pm. <br><br>He passed routine public health screening before a relative and friend drove him directly to Nairobi Hospital, where doctors isolated him after he presented with fever, chills, intense fatigue, muscle pain, sore throat and bleeding under the skin.<br><br>Laboratory tests at the National Virology Reference Laboratory and KEMRI confirmed Ebola Bundibugyo virus. The patient received supportive treatment but died around 11.30pm on Monday.<br><br> Authorities have identified 28 contacts, including family members and healthcare workers, and are tracing 23 passengers and four crew members from the same flight for quarantine.<br>A safe and dignified burial is planned under strict public health protocols.<br><br> The Ministry of Health has screened hundreds of thousands of travellers since the DRC outbreak began and continues to urge the public to remain calm while following official guidance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenya has recorded its first case of Ebola after a Kenyan citizen who lived in the Democratic Republic of Congo for seven years died at a Nairobi hospital on Monday night. Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale announced the confirmation on Tuesday, noting the patient had fallen ill about a month earlier and received treatment in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=487"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":531,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487\/revisions\/531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}