PREMIUM Kenya was preparing for Ebola for months. Why did the first case arrive undetected? 'This fever should have been picked up at the airport. These guys should not have travelled in a public vehicle.' News 40 min ago Listen
Photo credit: Monicah Mwangi | Reuters By Steve Otieno Reporter Nation Media Group Article Related Kenya’s Ebola preparedness has come under scrutiny after screening protocols failed to detect a case at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, with the patient testing positive for the virus in Nairobi barely 24 hours before dying.
Subscribe for a month to get full access People walk outside the Nairobi Hospital where the first Ebola patient had been admitted before he died in Nairobi, Kenya, October 6, 2026.
PREMIUM Ebola patient slips through JKIA screening, raising preparedness questions Screening at JKIA failed to detect symptoms, patient tested positive hours after landing in Nairobi.
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