A Kenyan citizen who had been living and working in the Democratic Republic of Congo for seven years fell ill about a month ago and received treatment at several hospitals there.
The patient then travelled by road through Uganda before flying to Kenya. At 1:10pm on Saturday, 3 October, the patient arrived at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi on a Jambojet flight carrying 23 passengers and four crew members.
The patient underwent routine public health screening before passing through immigration. Relatives and friends then took the patient directly to Nairobi Hospital in a Toyota Fielder.
At the hospital, the patient was immediately placed in a separate room. The patient had fever, chills, intense fatigue, weakness, muscle pain, painful swallowing and bleeding under the skin.
Samples examined by the National Virology Reference Laboratory and the Kenya Medical Research Institute, known as KEMRI, confirmed Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease.
The patient died at 11:30pm on Monday, 5 October, days after reaching Nairobi.
Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale announced Kenya's first confirmed Ebola case and death at a press conference on Tuesday, 6 October.
The Ministry of Health has identified 28 contacts of the deceased, including family members and healthcare workers. It is also pursuing the 23 passengers and four crew members who travelled on the same flight for screening and monitoring.
Ebola spreads through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected people, whether they are living or dead.
More than 4,000 people have died from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo this year. The outbreak is the second most deadly known Ebola outbreak.
Uganda recorded 20 confirmed cases and two deaths during its Bundibugyo outbreak before the World Health Organization declared the country free of the disease in August.
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