Kenya has confirmed its first Ebola case and death after a national who travelled from the DR Congo died in Nairobi from the Bundibugyo virus strain. Kenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the health minister announced Tuesday, after a Kenyan man who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo died after returning to the country. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Kenya has confirmed its first Ebola case and death after a national who travelled from the DR Congo died in Nairobi from the Bundibugyo virus strain. : https://punchng.com/kenya-confirms-first-ebola-death-as-outbreak-spreads/S1

• Kenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the health minister announced Tuesday, after a Kenyan man who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo died after returning to the country.S2S5

• The crisis is driven by the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which there are no approved vaccines or antibody treatments.S3

• Kenya’s Health Ministry has confirmed the country’s first imported Ebola caseS4

• The first imported case of Ebola has been recorded in Kenya.S6