# Kenya confirms first Ebola death as outbreak spreads

https://mins.news/en/item/87629

- BBC News, 2026-10-06 08:49 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqzrd7v1j163o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Kenya has confirmed its first Ebola case after a citizen who had lived in the Democratic Republic of Congo for seven years died in Nairobi days after arriving. Health Minister Aden Duale said the patient had been treated at several hospitals in DR Congo and tested positive for Ebola Bundibugyo virus after passing through routine airport screening.

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