肯尼亚确认首例埃博拉死亡病例

肯尼亚卫生部长艾登·杜阿莱宣布该国首次记录埃博拉死亡病例。1患者为一名肯尼亚公民，约一个月前在刚果民主共和国发病，经乌干达后于10月3日飞抵肯尼亚内罗毕，于10月7日晚间死亡。1患者出现了包括发热、寒战、极度疲劳、虚弱、肌肉疼痛、吞咽困难、咽喉痛和注射部位皮下出血等症状。1

此次死亡病例使肯尼亚成为本轮疫情的第四个受影响国家。1卫生部门已识别28名接触者（包括家属和医护人员），他们将被隔离观察。1此外，患者搭乘的乌干达航班上另有23名乘客和4名机组人员正被追踪。1

本轮疫情由罕见的Bundibugyo病毒引起，尚无获批疫苗或治疗方法。1根据世界卫生组织记录，自刚果民主共和国于5月15日正式宣布疫情爆发以来，已造成超过4000例死亡，共8400例确诊病例。1

Kenya's Health Minister Aidan Duale announced the country's first confirmed death from Ebola on Monday evening, October 7th 1. The deceased was a Kenyan citizen who had returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where they contracted the virus approximately one month prior 1. The patient traveled through Uganda before arriving in Nairobi by air on October 3rd 1.

The victim presented symptoms including fever, chills, extreme fatigue, weakness, muscle pain, difficulty swallowing, sore throat, and subcutaneous bleeding at injection sites, according to the Health Minister 1. Authorities have identified 28 contacts, comprising family members and healthcare workers, who will be placed under quarantine 1. Additionally, 23 passengers and 4 crew members from the Uganda flight are being traced 1.

Kenya becomes the fourth country affected by the current outbreak 1. The epidemic, caused by the rare Bundibugyo virus strain, has claimed over 4,000 lives across more than 8,400 confirmed cases since the Democratic Republic of Congo declared the outbreak on May 15th 1. Currently, no approved vaccine or treatment exists for this strain 1.