Kenya on high alert after suspected Ebola case in Kericho
Travellers are screened for the Ebola virus before getting into Kenya at the Busia One Stop Border Post on June 12, 2019, following three confirmed cases in Kasese, western Uganda. PHOTO | GAITANO PESSA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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County officials on Monday said the woman had travelled from Malaba, a town in Busia County on the border of Kenya and Uganda, to see her spouse.
She was initially admitted at Siloam Hospital before being transferred to Kericho County Referral Hospital.
Blood samples from the patient were sent to the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) in Nairobi for further analysis.
