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Kenya confirms four new Ebola cases, bringing total to seven
October 17, 2026 at 07:26 PM
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2 reports · 1 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 2 hours
Kenya's Health Ministry confirmed four new Ebola cases on Saturday, three among health workers, raising the national total to seven.
- Kenya's Health Ministry confirmed four new Ebola cases on Saturday, three among health workers who treated the first patient, raising the total to seven.
- The fourth case is a relative of the index patient who has been in quarantine since October 6.
- The index patient died October 5 after arriving from the DRC on October 3.
- The DRC outbreak, detected in May, has recorded more than 9,000 cases and more than 4,300 deaths.