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Kenya Confirms First Ebola Death from DRC
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In Short: Kenya's health secretary confirmed the country's first Ebola death, an imported case from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Kenya's health secretary, Aden Duale, confirmed the country's first Ebola death on Tuesday, stating that the patient had lived in the DRC for seven years and had been ill for about a month before traveling to Nairobi.
The patient had traveled by road from the DRC to Uganda’s capital, Kampala, and then flew to Nairobi on Saturday.
In response to the case, President William Ruto ordered an enhanced response to contain the virus, quarantining at least eight family members of the victim and 21 healthcare workers.
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the current Ebola epidemic is 'far from over' and is on track to surpass the 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak, which killed more than 11,000 people.
The DRC outbreak has surpassed 8,600 confirmed cases and 4,148 deaths, with 896 patients currently hospitalized in isolation.
The latest daily report added 59 cases and 34 deaths, with North Kivu contributing 33 new cases compared with 23 from Ituri.
The DRC Ministry of Communications reported 6,041 confirmed cases, including 1,366 recoveries and 2,911 deaths, with 619 patients in isolation or hospitalized.
The WHO also noted that the current Ebola outbreak is 'the fastest-spreading Ebola epidemic ever recorded' as people continue to be infected faster than frontline workers can track and respond to new cases.
Uganda reported 20 cases and two deaths earlier in the year but was declared Ebola-free in August.
In the United States, there have been nearly 1,500 locally acquired U.S. cases, most of them in Puerto Rico, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Florida Department of Health confirmed the death of a dengue case victim in Hillsborough County, though it did not provide further details.
Chris Wilkerson, a spokesperson for Hillsborough County, noted that this is 'wildly unusual for us' as the county typically sees only a handful of locally acquired dengue cases.
What this adds
This report confirms Kenya's first Ebola death, an imported case from the DRC, and highlights the ongoing challenges in containing the virus.
Background
Kenya's health secretary confirmed the country's first Ebola death, an imported case from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
What's confirmed
- But in 2009-2010, Key West, Florida, reported the first dengue cases acquired in the continental U.S. outside of the Texas-Mexico border since 1945.
- It's one of more than 130 locally acquired dengue cases reported so far this year in Hillsborough County, which typically sees only a handful.
- But this year's total so far already ranks second, with 152 cases of locally acquired dengue cases so far, per the health department.
- In the United States, there have been nearly 1,500 locally acquired U.S. cases, most of them in Puerto Rico, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- “I do think it’s going to be somewhat the new normal,” he said.
- The Florida Department of Health confirmed the death Friday, though it didn’t provide further details.
- Many infected people don’t get sick, meaning the number of cases reported in an outbreak can be an undercount of the real number of infections.
- For decades in the U.S., most reported dengue cases were in travelers infected in other countries, along with locally acquired cases in Puerto Rico.
- “This is wildly unusual for us,” said Chris Wilkerson, a spokesperson for the county.
What's still developing
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