108 people have been quarantined in Kenya after the first case of Ebola virus infection was detected.
elchi reports that the newspaper “Daily Nation” published information about this, citing the country’s Minister of Health, Ayden Duale.
According to the minister, the authorities have identified 122 people who were in contact with the patient. 108 of them are under quarantine under medical supervision, and no symptoms of the disease have been detected in any of them so far. The search for other contacts is ongoing.
The Minister of Health stated that no new cases of infection have been registered in the country. A total of 293 samples have been tested for 289 suspected cases, and only the previously known case has tested positive.
According to the information, over 667,000 passengers have been checked at 26 border crossing points as part of enhanced epidemiological surveillance. 241 beds have been prepared in five medical facilities, and 24-hour duty for rapid response teams has been organized.
Duale emphasized that there are no restrictions on travel, trade, or mass events in the country, and airports and border crossings continue to operate normally.
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