Gov’t tracks nine contacts abroad who shared flight with Kenya’s first Ebola patient
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The Ministry of Health has traced nine people who travelled on the same flight as the country’s first Ebola patient after they left the country, as health officials step up surveillance amid the ongoing mitigation measures.
Speaking during a situation report presented to the Ebola Taskforce Committee, Director of Public Health and Sanitation Dr. Stephen Muleshe said the Ministry of Health had liaised with embassies to reach out to health authorities in the countries where the contacts are believed to be, following their travel from Uganda.
He listed four contacts in Uganda (including one Kenyan), one in Dubai, two in Thailand, one in Italy and one in Tanzania.
