肯尼亚确认首例埃博拉死亡病例

肯尼亚卫生部长Aden Duale确认了该国首例埃博拉死亡病例1。患者是一名在刚果民主共和国生活七年的肯尼亚公民1，约一个月前发病1，周一晚间23:30（格林威治时间20:30）在内罗毕去世1。患者感染的是Bundibugyo型埃博拉病毒1，该病毒目前尚无已批准的疫苗或治疗方法1。

这一确诊病例源自刚果民主共和国正在进行的疫情。截至报告时，该国已记录超过8000例病例和逾4000例死亡2。肯尼亚卫生部门已识别至少28名接触者，包括患者的家庭成员和医护人员12，其中23名乘客和4名机组人员正在追踪中1。

Kenya has confirmed its first Ebola death, marking a significant escalation in the regional spread of the virus from an ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.12 The deceased was a Kenyan citizen who had been living in the DRC for seven years and fell ill approximately one month before arriving in Nairobi on Monday, dying several days later at 23:30 local time (20:30 GMT).1 Health Minister Aden Duale confirmed the case, which involves the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola virus, for which no approved vaccine or treatment currently exists.1

The case has triggered urgent contact tracing efforts, with at least 28 individuals identified as contacts, including family members and healthcare workers.12 Additionally, 23 passengers and 4 crew members from the patient's flight are being tracked.1 The DRC outbreak, caused by this rare Bundibugyo variant and declared in mid-May, has resulted in over 8,000 confirmed cases and more than 4,000 deaths in the country.12 Uganda previously reported 20 cases and 2 deaths from the same outbreak before being declared free of the virus by the WHO in August.2