Following the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa, the Ministry of Health through health facilities and all ports of entry has been carrying out active Ebola surveillance through screening.
The aim of this strategy is to avert the possibility of importation of a case of Ebola into Kenya.
In this regard, in the last 48 hours, the Ministry of Health has received four alerts of suspicious Ebola cases from various hospitals and the airport.
The first one was a Liberian national transiting through Jomo Kenyatta airport to India. The second was a Nigerian who had visited Kenya on 8th August but became ill while in Nairobi. The third one was a Zimbabwean who works in South Africa but was travelling to Sierra Leone. The fourth was Nigerian who reported to AAR clinic with symptoms suggestive of Ebola.
After clinical assessment, laboratory samples were taken from the four suspected cases. All the 4 samples tested negative for Ebola.
