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Ministry issues Ebola alert, calls for contingency plan in counties

Ebola isolation tent at Kenyatta National Hospital. [ Moses Omusula, Standard]

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has called on counties to enhance screening for populations at risk of contracting Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) near the Uganda-Kenya border.

The CS said travellers, truck drivers, bush meat handlers and healthcare workers operating near border points are among the populations at risk.

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