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Kenya searches for missing Ugandan contact as Ebola cases rise

Travellers access port health services at the Busia One Stop Border Post, the crossing-point between Kenya and Uganda.
Travellers access port health services at the Busia One Stop Border Post, the crossing-point between Kenya and Uganda. REUTERS - James Keyi

Kenyan authorities are searching for a Ugandan national who came into contact with the country's first Ebola patient in Nairobi, as the number of confirmed cases linked to the initial cluster rises to nine.

Kenya's director general of health, Patrick Amoth, says authorities have been unable to locate the contact case, despite having his passport and telephone numbers.

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