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Tight screening at Uganda border over Ebola scare

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A nurse at Rift valley general Hospital in protective gear after a patient suspected to be infected with Ebola virus was admitted at the institution on September 4, 2014. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Surveillance has been heightened at the Kenya-Uganda border points of Malaba, Lwakhakha (Bungoma), and Swamp (Trans Nzoia) to prevent the spread of Ebola virus after one person succumbed in neighbouring Uganda and six were reportedly infected by Thursday.

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