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Oromia Health Bureau Urges Precautions to Prevent Ebola Entry via Kenya

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The Oromia Regional Health Bureau has urged health structures and border communities to take precautions against Ebola following a fatality in Kenya.

The Oromia Regional Health Bureau instructed all zones and city administration health offices to take precautions against the entry of Ebola from Kenya.
The directive followed reports that an individual who traveled by air from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Kenya died from Ebola.
Communities residing along the Kenyan border were specifically advised to exercise heightened caution.
Kenya initiated strict monitoring and separate screening at airports for air passengers arriving from 10 East African countries.
The 10 countries subject to stricter Kenyan screening include Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Uganda due to their high susceptibility to the disease.