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Musambi, E. (2026, October 17). Kenya’s Ebola cases rise to 7, including health workers who cared for the first patient. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/africa/kenya-s-ebola-cases-rise-to-7-including-health-workers-who-cared-for-the-first-patient/article_fa57f9ef-fd55-5b30-a6f7-8993045fdd0c.html
Musambi, Evelyne. “Kenya’s Ebola cases rise to 7, including health workers who cared for the first patient.” Toronto Star, 17 Oct. 2026, https://www.thestar.com/news/world/africa/kenya-s-ebola-cases-rise-to-7-including-health-workers-who-cared-for-the-first-patient/article_fa57f9ef-fd55-5b30-a6f7-8993045fdd0c.html.
Musambi, Evelyne. “Kenya’s Ebola cases rise to 7, including health workers who cared for the first patient.” Toronto Star, October 17, 2026. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/africa/kenya-s-ebola-cases-rise-to-7-including-health-workers-who-cared-for-the-first-patient/article_fa57f9ef-fd55-5b30-a6f7-8993045fdd0c.html.
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As of October 19, 2026, Kenya has confirmed eight cases of Ebola, rising from one case reported just two weeks prior. The eighth patient is a 49-year-old man who worked at Nairobi Hospital as a non-healthcare worker and had close contact with the first Ebola patient, who died there on October 5 after arriving in Kenya from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) via Uganda. Of the initial seven cases, three are health workers who treated the first patient, another is a relative of that patient, and four others include those newly identified as contacts. The DRC has recorded over 9,400 cases and more than 4,500 deaths since May 2026, making it the deadliest outbreak in its history.
