Tanzania tightens border controls as Ebola cases rise in Kenya

Medical staff set up an Ebola treatment centre in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Tanzania has tightened border health surveillance, introducing mandatory health declarations and 21-day monitoring for travellers at high risk of Ebola infection after Kenya announced  an increase in infections.

Kenya on Saturday confirmed seven cases of the Bundibugyo Ebola virus, including one death of he first patient, who had travelled from the Democratic Republic of Congo through Uganda.