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Kenya confirms eighth Ebola case as regional outbreak spreads

Global Published 19 October 2026, 08:26 · archived 19 Oct 2026

NAIROBI: Kenya has confirmed one more ​Ebola case, bringing the total number of ‌infections in the country to eight, Director-General for Health Patrick Amoth said on Sunday. “Today, 38 people were tested, and one ​tested positive for Ebola,” Amoth said in an ​interview on Kenya’s Citizen TV. “He is a ⁠49-year-old man who is not a healthcare worker. He ​developed fever, headache and muscle pain.” Amoth said the new ​case was a patient attendant who cleaned utensils and linens, and he was probably exposed to Kenya’s first Ebola case, ​discovered earlier this month, in a man who travelled ​from ...

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