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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Agence France-Presse in Nairobi

Kenya confirms first Ebola case as virus ‘surges’ in DR Congo province

Three health workers in full PPE taking part in a training session
Volunteer health workers at an Ebola emergency response training session conducted by Médecins Sans Frontières in Ongata Rongai, Kenya, in August. Photograph: Daniel Irungu/EPA

Kenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the health minister announced on Tuesday, after a Kenyan man who had been living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) died after returning to the country.

In mid-May, the DRC declared its 17th Ebola outbreak, an extremely deadly disease that has killed more than 15,000 people in Africa over the past 50 years.

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