Questions remain over Ebola patient who travelled across three nations undetected
Image source, EPAImage caption, Nearly 70 potential contacts have been placed under quarantine in Nairobi ByWycliffe MuiaA Kenyan businessman was able to spend time in one of the regions worst-affected by Ebola, then travel to two more countries before his illness was identified.
Similarly, he was not flagged as a suspected Ebola patient when he reached Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, where a relative collected him and drove him directly to Nairobi Hospital, a private medical facility in the Kenyan capital.
That his infection went undetected at multiple health facilities in the Democratic Republic of Congo and two airport health screenings in Uganda and Kenya has raised serious questions about these nations' biosecurity during a significant outbreak.
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