Kenya’s Ebola cases hit 8, with no community transmission yet

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Musambi, E. (2026, October 18). Kenya’s Ebola cases hit 8, with no community transmission yet. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/africa/kenya-s-ebola-cases-hit-8-with-no-community-transmission-yet/article_faf02739-68c7-53a4-a09f-17c0ab364487.html

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Kenya reported its eighth confirmed case of Ebola on Sunday, bringing the total number of cases to eight. The latest patient is a 49-year-old hospital staff member who was identified as a contact of the first infected individual and tested positive while in quarantine. This new case does not indicate any community transmission yet, according to Dr. Patrick Amoth, Kenya’s Health Ministry Director-General.

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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.

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ebola cases in Kenya rose to eight on Sunday after another person tested positive while in quarantine, having been identified as a contact of the first patient. asserted

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Health Ministry Director-General Dr. Patrick Amoth said the eighth case involved a 49-year-old patient attendant who had attended to the first Ebola patient, who died at Nairobi Hospital two days after arriving in the country from Congo via Uganda. asserted

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