# Kenya confirms first Ebola case imported from Congo after patient dies in Nairobi

https://mins.news/en/item/87632

- The Associated Press, 2026-10-06 08:54 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://bit.ly/4dnEJvK

> Kenya’s Health Ministry confirmed the country’s first imported Ebola case from Congo. Health Minister Aden Duale said the Kenyan patient arrived Saturday from Congo through Uganda, was isolated and treated at Nairobi Hospital, and later died in Nairobi.

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