Health Ministry Reveals How Ebola Patient May Have Passed JKIA Screening Undetected
Source: Nairobi Wire
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The Ministry of Health says that Kenya’s first confirmed Ebola patient likely passed through port health screenings undetected because medications he was taking may have masked his symptoms. Director General for Health Dr. Patrick Amoth explained that the patient had been unwell for nearly a month and received treatment at multiple medical centers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) before traveling through Uganda to Kenya. “We believe that the patient knew that he was already ill, and he reached out to his relatives, who transported him from the airport to the hospital directly,” Amoth said. “It is potentially possible The post Health Ministry Reveals How Ebola Patient May Have Passed JKIA Screening Undetected appeared first on Nairobi Wire.