A Kenyan resident living in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) died from Ebola on Monday evening in a hospital in Nairobi, announced Tuesday by the Kenyan minister of Health, Aden Duale. This is the first recorded case and first death related to the disease in Kenya. The man, whose identity has not been disclosed, became ill about a month ago and was treated in the DRC before traveling by road to Kampala, the Ugandan capital, to take a flight to Nairobi on October 3. According to authorities, the man had been ill for about a month and had received treatment in the DRC. He then traveled by road to Kampala, Uganda, before taking a plane to Nairobi on October 3. Upon arrival, he passed the airport health checks and was then taken by family members to Nairobi Hospital. He was placed in isolation there, and subsequent tests confirmed infection with the Bundibugyo virus, which is responsible for this form of Ebola disease. Despite medical care, he died on Monday around 11:30 p.m. local time. Kenyan authorities have identified 28 people who had contact with the patient and are still searching for other passengers and crew members of the flight he took. People considered exposed must be monitored for 21 days after their last exposure. Kenya had strengthened its preparedness in recent months, particularly in airports and at border posts with Uganda. At Busia, where more than 3,000 people pass through daily, the World Health Organization had accompanied the training of staff and border actors, while noting persistent gaps in night surveillance. The death in Nairobi reminds that the epidemic does not stop at borders. As of October 3, the DRC had more than 8,400 confirmed cases and more than 4,000 deaths according to data compiled by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Ituri remains the epicenter with nearly 6,400 cases and more than 2,900 deaths. After Uganda, which had experienced imported cases before declaring the end of its epidemic in August, Kenya has thus become a new point of vigilance. This confirmation comes as the DRC is dealing with its 17th Ebola outbreak, declared in mid-May. The outbreak is caused by the Bundibugyo virus, a rare strain for which there is still no vaccine or specific treatment. According to data from the WHO as of October 2, 8,463 cases and 4,082 deaths had been recorded. The Congolese outbreak, which could have begun several months before its official identification, remains particularly concerning. It had also crossed borders in the past, notably to Uganda, where 20 cases and two deaths had been recorded. The WHO had declared the country free of Ebola in August. The virus is mainly transmitted through direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person, including after death. It can cause fever, vomiting and diarrhea and, in the most severe forms, internal or external bleeding. For Kenya, which had previously never recorded any cases of Ebola, the challenge is now to prevent this imported case from becoming a local transmission.