Kenya releases final Ebola patient, starting 42-day wait before outbreak-free status

The short version

• Kenya discharged its last Ebola patient on Wednesday, starting a 42-day countdown to an Ebola-free declaration.[Associated Press]
• Kenya recorded nine cases in October; the first patient and his mother died, and seven other patients recovered.[Associated Press]
• Health Minister Aden Duale said the countdown ends Dec. 23, while Congo's government reports 11,042 infections and 5,387 deaths.[Associated Press]

Key facts

• Kenya discharged its last Ebola patient on Wednesday, officially beginning a 42-day countdown toward being declared Ebola-free.[Associated Press]
• Kenya recorded nine Ebola cases in October after the first patient traveled from Congo through Uganda.[Associated Press]
• The first patient and his mother died of Ebola, while the other seven patients have fully recovered.[Associated Press]
• Congo's government said Wednesday that 11,042 people have been infected and 5,387 have died.[Associated Press]
• Kenya's Health Minister Aden Duale said the 42-day waiting period would end on Dec. 23.[Associated Press]

Sources

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• Kenya discharges last Ebola patient, beginning countdown to Ebola-free declarationAssociated Press · Wire: associated-press
• Kenya discharges last Ebola patient, beginning countdown to Ebola-free declarationABC News - International
• Kenya discharges last Ebola patient in key milestone to being declared free of the virusBBC News - World
• Kenya discharges last Ebola patient, awaits disease-free statusAl Jazeera
• Kenya's last Ebola patient leaves hospitalDeutsche Welle