Suspected Ebola case in Nyandarua tests negative
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A suspected Ebola
case reported in Kinangop, Nyandarua County, has tested negative for the
disease, with health officials lifting precautionary measures after laboratory
tests ruled out an infection.
In a statement
issued on Saturday, October 24, the Nyandarua County government said the
patient, an adult male who had recently returned from the Democratic Republic
of the Congo (DRC), tested negative for Bundibugyo virus disease.
The patient had
been isolated at a health facility on October 23 after presenting symptoms and
disclosing his recent travel history to the DRC, where an outbreak of the
disease is ongoing.
