Kenya Ebola
People walk in front of The Nairobi Hospital where Kenya's first Ebola virus patient was treated and died, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026.
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A Kenyan citizen who had been living in Congo before returning to Nairobi over the weekend has become Kenya’s first confirmed case of Ebola and the country’s first death from the disease in the fast-moving outbreak. That's according to Kenyan authorities on Tuesday. The case sparked urgent contact-tracing efforts to try to contain the spread of the virus. The man had been residing in Congo for the past seven years and fell ill about a month ago. Health Minister Aden Duale said that the man was treated at various hospitals before traveling by road to Ugandan capital Kampala where he boarded a flight to the Kenyan capital.
