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sentences that state something as happening or true
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7%
1 of 15 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Preliminary laboratory results from a Kenyan patient who was suspected of contracting the Ebola virus have come back negative.
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who → suspect → virus
Fears of a second case of Ebola in the East African country were allayed on Thursday after the governor of Wajir County, where the patient is being treated, revealed the test results.
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“I am pleased to report that the preliminary laboratory results indicate that the sample is NEGATIVE for Ebola Virus Disease,” the Wajir county governor said in a statement.
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governor → allay → statement
The suspected patient is a 20-year-old man with a travel history from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) through Uganda to Kenya.
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patient → suspect → Kenya
The other Kenyan patient who tested positive for the virus and subsequently died had travelled the same route.
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who → test → route
Kenya had reported its first-ever Ebola case on Tuesday after a citizen who became sick in the DRC died in Nairobi.
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who → report → Nairobi
Ongoing Ebola outbreak
The deadly strain of the Ebola virus has spread widely, starting in the DRC earlier this year.
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strain → ongoe → DRC
The DRC officially declared an outbreak in May.
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DRC → declare → May
Kenya is the fourth country to record a case linked to the Ebola epidemic in the DRC, the second-largest on record.
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Kenya → record → record
The ongoing outbreak in the eastern DRC has killed at least 4,205 people out of more than 8,700 reported cases.
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outbreak → kill → cases
The outbreak spread across the border to Uganda, which had about 20 cases before being declared Ebola-free in July.
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which → spread → July
The strain behind the latest spread has been dubbed the Bundibugyo virus (BDBV), believed to have spread from animals to humans through a new transmission route.
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strain → dub → route
No vaccine currently exists for Bundibugyo.
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vaccine → exist → Bundibugyo
The first case in Kenya drew scrutiny over the status of the virus in neighbouring Uganda and exposed lapses in Kenya’s border screening systems.
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case → draw → systems
The patient who died was able to pass through multiple airport temperature checks.
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who → die → checks
The World Health Organization (WHO) is working with Kenyan authorities to trace contacts and strengthen checks for travellers entering the country.
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Organization → work → country
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