Kenya prepared for Ebola. It still slipped through — a warning of wider cross-border spread
Uganda recorded 20 cases before its health ministry declared the country Ebola-free on July 28, while France recorded a travel-related case with no additional cases reported.
A man who had been ill for weeks and was later confirmed to have Ebola left eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), crossed by road into neighboring Uganda and flew to Nairobi, passing airport health screening in both countries without being flagged.
Kenya had spent months preparing for Ebola, one of the world’s deadliest viral diseases, screening hundreds of thousands of travelers and training nearly 5,000 health workers in case it crossed the borders.
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