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WHO advances Ebola treatment trials, vaccine trial nearing as Kenya reports first death
October 8, 2026 at 02:08 PM · Updated 8d ago
3 reports · 1 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 18 hours
AJAl Jazeera English
Kenyan patient suspected of Ebola infection tests negative
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AJAl Jazeera English
Why single Ebola death in Kenya has sparked fears of wider African spread
(opens the publisher’s site)Kenya has reported its first death from the Bundibugyo Ebola strain as the World Health Organization advances clinical trials for treatments and a vaccine.
- WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced confirmed Bundibugyo Ebola cases have reached 8,665, with 4,178 deaths.
- Kenyan authorities confirmed a citizen who contracted Ebola in the DRC died Monday after traveling through Uganda to Nairobi.
- Tedros said treatment trials have enrolled over 600 people, with a vaccine trial expected to begin later this month.
- Kenyan authorities are monitoring 55 contacts, including passengers and crew from the patient's flight between Kampala and Nairobi.
- Kenyan authorities said preliminary tests on a suspected second Ebola case, a 20-year-old man from the DRC via Uganda, returned negative in Wajir County.