World · 12 d ago
WHO warns Ebola outbreak is 'more complex' as Nigeria and Kenya probe a possible airport link
"We are facing a more complex outbreak landscape."
— Mohamed Janabi, WHO regional director for Africa
Deaths in DR Congo since May
4,000 deaths
The outbreak, announced in DR Congo in mid-May, has killed more than 4,000 of the more than 9,000 people confirmed infected there.
Nigeria, Kenya and DR Congo have active or recent cases of the Bundibugyo strain, while Uganda was declared Ebola-free in August. Kenya has confirmed nine cases, including one death, all linked to its first patient.
What we know
- Both patients left Entebbe airport on Oct 3
- No link between them has been established
Not yet
- Whether they met or shared equipment
- Where Nigeria's patient caught the virus
Africa's health agency says the first patients in Nigeria and Kenya both left Entebbe airport in Uganda on Oct 3, and investigators are examining a possible encounter.
