{"id":9719,"date":"2026-10-19T02:06:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T02:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=9719"},"modified":"2026-10-19T02:06:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T02:06:23","slug":"kenya-confirms-eighth-ebola-case-amid-widening-regional-outbreak-ebola-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=9719","title":{"rendered":"Kenya confirms eighth Ebola case amid widening regional outbreak | Ebola News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kenyan health authorities say latest patient was likely exposed to the country\u2019s first Ebola case.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Kenyan health authorities say an eighth Ebola case has been detected, bringing the total number of known infections in the East African nation to eight.<\/p>\n

Director-General for Health Patrick Amoth told Kenya\u2019s Citizen TV that of the 38 people tested on Sunday, one had returned a positive result.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe is a 49-year-old man who is not a healthcare worker. He developed fever, headache and muscle pain,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Amoth said the man, who worked as a patient attendant cleaning utensils and linens, was likely exposed to Kenya\u2019s first Ebola case, discovered earlier this month.<\/p>\n

He developed symptoms on Saturday, was quarantined and tested for the virus, a Ministry of Health source said.<\/p>\n

The ministry reported four new cases on Saturday<\/a>, three of whom were health workers who treated the country\u2019s first Ebola patient, a man who travelled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to Nairobi and died at a Nairobi hospital on October 5.<\/p>\n

In a post on X, the ministry said the fourth person was related to the deceased patient.<\/p>\n

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Kenya has been on heightened alert, as the Ebola outbreak has spilled across the border from the DRC. The current outbreak is of the\u00a0Bundibugyo strain of the virus, for which there is no vaccine or specific treatment.<\/p>\n

The DRC has recorded at least 9,400 cases, including more than 4,500 deaths, in the deadliest outbreak in the country\u2019s history, which started in May.<\/p>\n

Ituri province in eastern DRC remains the disease\u2019s epicentre, accounting for almost three quarters of confirmed cases, according to the government\u2019s most recent data.\u00a0It announced on Sunday that the virus has reached an eighth province, North Ubangi.<\/p>\n

State-run news agency ACP reported on Sunday that authorities in North Kivu province, where the World Health Organization said substantial transmission continues, are introducing a one-week ban from Monday on people entering the province from Ituri in an effort to slow the spread.<\/p>\n

Other measures set to be introduced include restrictions on passenger numbers in cars and on motorbikes and suspension of large public gatherings.<\/p>\n

Neighbouring Uganda recorded 20 confirmed cases, including 15 imported from the DRC, and two deaths, before it was declared Ebola-free in August.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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