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Ebola: Kenya suspends hotel meetings by its health ministry

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Ebola: Kenya suspends hotel meetings by its health ministry

After confirming an imported case of Bundibugyo virus disease, an Ebola strain, Kenya’s Health Ministry has suspended meetings, seminars and conferences organised in hotels by its department. The directive, signed on 7 October by Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni, takes immediate effect and requires prior approval for any hotel meeting, according to Tuko.

Kenya’s Health Ministry has suspended with immediate effect meetings, seminars and conferences organised in hotels by its services, after an imported Ebola case was confirmed in Kenya, according to Kenyan media outlet Tuko. The directive, signed on 7 October by Mary Muthoni, Principal Secretary in charge of Public Health and Professional Standards, concerns only the Health Ministry.

Officials who wish to hold a meeting in a hotel must now obtain prior approval from Mary Muthoni’s office. Kenya had confirmed the previous day a first imported case of Ebola, linked to Bundibugyo.

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