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Kenya confirms the first case of Ebola in the country, imported from the Congo

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Civil protection members disinfect the coffin of a man who died from Ebola in Bunia, Ituri province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on July 10, 2026.Gradel Muyisa Mumbere / Reuters

The government of Kenya confirmed this Tuesday its first case of Ebola in the country, a contagion imported from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The patient was a Kenyan who died and who lived in the Congo, which has been suffering from a serious outbreak of the disease since May.