Suspected Ebola case in Kenya

A woman with symptoms of Ebola is being treated in an isolation ward in a hospital in the west of Kenya.

Health officials in Kericho county say, the patient had travelled from Malaba, which is on the border with Uganda.

An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 1,400 people while two people died of the disease in Uganda last week, which neighbours both Dr Congo and Kenya.

Kenya authorities has assured the public that all steps will be put in place to ensure their safety.