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

https://mins.news/en/video/87958

- The Associated Press, 2026-10-06 12:30 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4LgLETR_N0

> Kenya’s Health Ministry confirmed the country’s first imported Ebola case from Congo. The Kenyan citizen arrived Saturday from Congo via Uganda, was isolated and treated at a Nairobi hospital, and tested positive after developing hemorrhagic-fever symptoms. The patient later died.

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