Questions remain over Ebola patient who travelled across three nations undetected
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A Kenyan businessman was able to spend time in one of the regions worst-affected by Ebola, then travel to two more countries before his illness was identified.
The 40-year-old – who was only diagnosed with the deadly infectious disease after arriving seriously ill at a Nairobi hospital – became Kenya’s first confirmed case. He died two days later on 5 October.
That his infection went undetected at multiple health facilities in the Democratic Republic of Congo and two airport health screenings in Uganda and Kenya has raised serious questions about these nations’ biosecurity during a significant outbreak.