Health Ministry distributes medical supplies as Kenya steps up Ebola preparedness

The Ministry of Health has begun distributing medical supplies and other essential commodities to designated facilities across the country to strengthen Kenya’s preparedness for Ebola cases. Speaking during an Ebola taskforce meeting on Friday, Public Health Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni said the government expects to complete contact tracing within the next 48 hours. Meanwhile, preliminary findings by the World Health Organization suggest Kenya’s index patient may have contracted the virus at a health facility where he had sought treatment for an unrelated illness