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Kenya on high alert as Ebola outbreak in DR Congo fuels border fears

Kenya is on high alert as it races to contain Ebola! Linked to a deadly outbreak in the DRC, the virus has reportedly claimed one life in Kenya, with two cases recorded. At the Ugandan border, screenings are intensifying, with travelers undergoing temperature checks and handwashing measures.


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00:01Kenya is on high alert as it races to contain Ebola.
00:05Linked to a deadly outbreak in the DRC,
00:08the virus has reportedly claimed one life, with two cases recorded.
00:12At the Ugandan border, screenings are intensifying,
00:15with travellers undergoing temperature checks and hand-washing measures.
00:22People coming from Congo and Rwanda travel through Uganda to get to Kenya,
00:26and we are concerned the government needs to be keen
00:30so that those people are screened adequately when getting into the country
00:35because we are worried that we might be ferrying passengers infected with Ebola.
00:42On Wednesday, Kenya traced 128 contacts and quarantined 108.
00:47At the Busaya border, residents say the government must do more to stop the outbreak.
00:53In Busaya, there are so many illegal entry points,
00:56and if they are only screening across the border, it won't be enough to contain Ebola.
01:00I'm asking the government to find other ways to screen
01:03because there are too many illegal routes to get into Kenya from Uganda.
01:08I'm asking the government to use other techniques to contain Ebola.
01:15The crisis in Congo is deepening.
01:17The health ministry reports 9,066 confirmed cases and 4,381 deaths.
01:25The outbreak has now spread across seven provinces as fighting,
01:29population displacement and critical shortages of medical supplies
01:33make containment increasingly difficult.
01:35The crisis in Congo is also a natural issue.
01:35The issue of a country is partly 0.214.
01:36The Lincoln County Area State Health reported on the United States
01:36in the U.S. Organization.
01:37The United States of Canada and the British Union
01:37are trying to negotiate the government,
01:37One of the places to move down the course,
01:37the problem of the United States of Canada and the United States.

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