Kenya - Health officials investigate suspected Ebola case

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Kenyan Health Officials Investigate Suspected Ebola Case

September 30, 2022 12:52 PM
Mohammed Yusuf


NAIROBI, KENYA —

Kenyan health officials are investigating a suspected case of Ebola in the country’s west near Uganda, where an outbreak of the deadly virus has been blamed for at least 35 cases and seven deaths.

Kenya is on high alert after one patient suspected to have Ebola is being treated at St. Mary’s Hospital in western Kenya.

St. Mary’s Hospital administrator Hildah Apwao told reporters the man recently traveled to Uganda and visited a health facility there for treatment of a cut. The man is now in an isolation unit at St. Mary’s hospital located in Mumias, Kakamega County awaiting laboratory results.

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September 30, 2022
Health

Kakamega suspected case of Ebola tests negative

A suspected case of Ebola Virus disease has turned out negative according to the Mumias Public Health Officer Charles Namasake.

The test was ordered following a patient who presented himself at St. Marys Hospital Mumias, with symptoms linked to the fatal disease.

According to a communique from the office of County Chief Health Officer, Gideon Ashibo, 32 years, had presented Ebola-like symptoms including malaise-general body weakness, stitched wound at the right upper limb that was actively bleeding, and blood in the urine.

Ashibo travelled to Uganda on September 15, to visit relatives when he experienced trauma on a cut on his upper limb. He sort medical attention at a health facility in Eastern Uganda.

On September 28, he started experiencing blood in the urine and proceeded to St Mary’s Hospital in Mumias, for further treatment.
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https://ntvkenya.co.ke/health/kakamega-suspected-case-of-ebola-tests-negative/

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Kenyan Health Officials Investigate Suspected Ebola Case

September 30, 2022 12:52 PM
By Voa News
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nairobi, kenya — Kenyan health officials are investigating a suspected case of Ebola in the country’s west near Uganda, where an outbreak of the deadly virus has been blamed for at least 35 cases and seven deaths.

Kenya is on high alert after one patient suspected to have Ebola is being treated at St. Mary’s Hospital in western Kenya.

St. Mary’s Hospital administrator Hildah Apwao told reporters the man recently traveled to Uganda and visited a health facility there for treatment of a cut. The man is now in an isolation unit at St. Mary’s hospital located in Mumias, Kakamega County awaiting laboratory results.

Kenya’s neighbor, Uganda, has recorded 35 Ebola cases and seven deaths since the first case was confirmed last week.

The current outbreak of Ebola is attributed to the Ebola Sudan strain and is believed to have started in the Mubende district in central Uganda.

Last week, Kenya issued health guidelines — like screening travelers from Uganda — following the outbreak. East African health experts advised against closing the border to deal with the virus.

Health officials in Kenya called for more awareness about the disease and better follow-up if symptoms are witnessed. Ebola is a disease spread through contact with an infected person’s body fluids. Symptoms include body aches, vomiting and internal bleeding.

Uganda recorded the presence of a different strain of the virus in 2019 and the Sudan strain was found in 2012.

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Update on suspected Ebola patient under quarantine in Mumias, Kakamega

By Robert Amalemba | 1d ago

Preliminary tests on a suspected Kenyan Ebola patient, who had travelled to Uganda, show that he might not be having the highly contagious disease.

The 32-year-old male patient was admitted to a Mumias hospital with Ebola symptoms.

Records indicate that the man had travelled to eastern Uganda on September 15 to visit a relative.
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The Kenyan patient’s medical history says: “While in Uganda, he got a trauma and was cut in the right upper limb. As a result, he sought medical attention at a health facility in Uganda. The cut was treated. He, thereafter, moved to Kenya for further medical attention. On Thursday, September 28, he started experiencing blood in urine and proceeded to the St. Mary’s Hospital in Mumias for further management.”
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Mumias Sub-County Health Officer Charles Namasake told The Standard that the patient’s “only Ebola symptom” was bleeding from a body opening, and that the haemorrhaging “could be as a result of other causes”.

“Preliminary examination shows that he could be Ebola-free. He had blood traces in his urine. We’ve forwarded the urine sample to the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) in Kisumu for further analysis,” said Namasake.

The Mumias lead public health officer said that the patient did not exhibit all the other symptoms of Ebola including fever, aches and pains and diarrhoea among others.

“There’s a high likelihood that the patient is not suffering from Ebola,” said Namasake.

The Public Health Officer said the patient will remain in quarantine awaiting conclusive test results from KEMRI.
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https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001457007/update-on-suspected-ebola-patient-under-quarantine-in-mumias-kakamega

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Ebola scare as 60 Burundians from Uganda stranded in Busia

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

By Okong’o Oduya

Sixty Burundi nationals are stranded in Busia town as no one wants to get close to them following warnings that the Ebola virus could find its way into Kenya because foreigners are allegedly being allowed to enter without proper screening.

The authorities and residents have refused to get close to the travellers or facilitate their transit to the Kakuma refugee camp for fear of contracting the virus.

The Burundians crossed into Kenya from Ebola-hit Uganda five days ago. They left their homes in Burundi because of insecurity.

Their presence in Kenya, given that they passed through Jinja, a Ugandan town that has recorded several Ebola cases, illustrates how Kenya is treating what could become a pandemic.

After arriving in Busia, the travellers camped at the border police station, but officers told them to go back to Uganda as they posed a health risk to Kenya. They left the station, but they are camping on the side of a road.

“Our journey to this country started one month ago from Kibitochi, Burundi, through Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda and now in Kenya,” said Ms Toheyimana Jozerina.

“We are on our way to Kakuma, running away from war and insecurity in our country. It is only in Kenya in the entire East Africa region that we feel safe, but since we arrived here, things are tough.”

She added: “No one wants to associate with us. They think we may have contracted the Ebola virus on our way here. When we arrived, we were directed to the police station but they told us to leave and go back to Uganda.
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https://nation.africa/kenya/counties/busia/ebola-scare-as-60-burundians-from-uganda-stranded-in-busia-4038270