Kenya's first confirmed Ebola patient may have walked out of a treatment facility in the Democratic Republic of Congo before traveling through Ituri, crossing into Uganda, and eventually flying to Nairobi, raising questions about how the patient moved through a heavily contested area while infectious.
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Kenya's first confirmed Ebola case has revealed gaps in preparedness, with the deceased patient having potentially exposed more people than the Ministry of Health announced—including airport staff, travellers, a driver, and hospital workers. Test results confirming the Bundibugyo variant emerged only after the patient's death.
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A new study shows that more than half of Kenyans are accepting housing-related safety risks because safer homes are either too expensive or unavailable, exposing households to insecure structures and increasing vulnerability to extreme weather.
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