Officers are nonetheless engaged on tracing the remaining 15, the ministry stated.
The nation has by no means beforehand reported a case.
Neighbouring Uganda recorded 20 – nearly all individuals who had travelled from the DRC – and two deaths, earlier than being declared Ebola-free in August.
Kenya’s first sufferer was a nationwide, who has not been named however was known as a 40-year-old businessman.
He fell sick round a month in the past and had been handled within the DRC, earlier than travelling overland to the Ugandan capital, Kampala, and flying into Nairobi on Oct 3.
He was hospitalised in Nairobi, however later died on Oct 5, based on Well being Minister Aden Duale.
In accordance with Congolese well being authorities, the outbreak has contaminated 9,066 individuals to this point and prompted 4,381 deaths for the reason that emergence within the DRC of the Bundibugyo pressure of the Ebola virus, for which there’s nonetheless neither a vaccine nor a particular therapy.
