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17
sentences that state something as happening or true
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2 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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The Kenyan government says four new patients have tested positive for the Ebola Bundibugyo virus, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the East African nation to seven.
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patients → say → seven
Three of the new cases were among health workers who treated the country’s first patient, Kenya’s Ministry of Health said in a statement posted on X on Saturday.
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Ministry → treat → Saturday
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who → prompt → patient
The fourth case is a relative of that same patient, who died from the disease, it added.
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it → die → disease
The relative had been in quarantine since October 6, the ministry said.
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ministry → say → October
This comes a day after Kenya confirmed three cases in the country.
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Kenya → come → country
The patient identified on Friday was a “primary contact and a close relative of the first and second cases”, the Health Ministry said.
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Ministry → identify → cases
Kenya’s cases are linked to the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has recorded more than 9,000 cases and more than 4,300 deaths since it was officially detected in May.
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it → link → May
Kenya’s index patient died on October 5 after being ill in the DRC for a month and then flying to Nairobi on October 3.
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patient → die → October
The cases are the first known infections passed on inside Kenya.
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cases → know → Kenya
Of the first patient’s 130 contacts, the Health Ministry said 128, or 98.5 percent, had been quarantined – above the global benchmark of 85 percent to break the chain of transmission.
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128 → say → transmission
The ministry says it has traced and quarantined nearly all of the first patient’s contacts and there is no evidence that the virus is spreading in the community.
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virus → say → community
Kenya has reacted quickly by strengthening screening and establishing a hotline for anyone who suspects they may have been in contact with an Ebola patient, but some observers have questioned how the index patient managed to bypass health screenings upon returning to Kenya and make contact with so many people.
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patient → react → people
Ebola is highly contagious and spreads through direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person, including blood and vomit, or through contact with contaminated materials and surfaces, such as bedding and clothing.
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Ebola → spread → bedding
The dominant strain in this outbreak is the Bundibugyo strain, for which there are currently no vaccines or treatments.
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strain → be → which
This has complicated efforts to control the spread of the disease.
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This → complicate → disease
Research is under way to develop one or more vaccines that work against the strain, and some of these vaccines are already in the early phases of testing in humans.
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some → develop → humans
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