MoH suspends hotel meetings over Ebola

NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 10 – The Ministry of Health has suspended meetings, seminars and conferences scheduled to take place in hotels following confirmation of Kenya’s first imported Ebola case, in…

Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale confirmed to Capital News the suspension of the meetings affecting the Ministry alone.

“The measure does not constitute a blanket suspension of government meetings, conferences or seminars held in hotels,” Duale said.

The decision comes days after Kenya confirmed its first imported case of Bundibugyo Ebola virus disease, raising concerns about the risk of further transmission and prompting intensified contact tracing and surveillance.

Kenya confirmed its first imported case on October 6 after a Kenyan man who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for seven years travelled to Nairobi while ill.

According to the Ministry of Health, the man travelled by road to Kampala, Uganda, before boarding Jambo Jet flight 8523 to Nairobi on October 3.

Source: Capital FM