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Radio France Internationale
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Anne Macharia in Nairobi

A race against time to prevent an outbreak follows Kenya's first Ebola death

Healthcare professionals outside an isolation centre dedicated to the Ebola virus at a hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, 7 October.
Healthcare professionals outside an isolation centre dedicated to the Ebola virus at a hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, 7 October. © AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku

Kenya's first imported case of Ebola – in which the patient travelled from Democratic Republic of Congo via Uganda – has exposed failings in border screening processes. Now Kenyan health officials are racing against the clock to prevent one infection from becoming an outbreak.

By the time Kenya confirmed its first Ebola case, the patient had already travelled across three countries.

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