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Kenya discharges five Ebola patients while two stay hospitalized

ABC News reports Kenya discharged five Ebola patients after negative tests, with 46 more contacts released from quarantine.

Published Nov 4, 2026 · 01:47 UTC1 reports

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Kenya released five Ebola patients after negative tests and no symptoms, leaving two in supportive care.[ABC News]
Health authorities released 46 quarantined contacts of the first patient, with 52 more expected next week.[ABC News]
Kenya's first Ebola case was recorded Oct. 6; eight of 135 linked contacts later tested positive, with two deaths total.[ABC News]
No new infections were recorded in the previous two weeks, but the country remains on high alert.[ABC News]

Kenya released five Ebola patients after they tested negative and showed no symptoms, leaving two undergoing supportive care.[ABC News]
The Ministry of Health announced the release of 46 people identified as contacts of the first patient, after 20 were released the prior week.[ABC News]
Kenya recorded its first Ebola case on Oct. 6, involving a man who had traveled from Congo through Uganda and died at Nairobi Hospital.[ABC News]
Of 135 contacts linked to the first patient, eight tested positive, and one of them died, bringing total deaths to two.[ABC News]
The Ministry of Health said no new infections were recorded in the previous two weeks, and the country remains on high alert.[ABC News]

Two patients remain hospitalized, and the final 52 contacts have not yet completed quarantine, so the outbreak situation is still in flux.[ABC News]
The reporting does not say when Kenya's outbreak will be considered over or how the wider regional outbreak is currently developing.[ABC News]

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