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Kenya reports first Ebola death and confirms second case in Nairobi

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Health authorities in Kenya have announced the country's first death linked to the Ebola virus after a 40-year-old man died in a Nairobi hospital following travel through the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. A second case involving a relative of the first patient has also been confirmed, while contact tracing is underway for 55 individuals identified as potential contacts. It is not yet clear how many of the 55 contacts have been successfully located.

Category: disease-outbreak · Location: Nairobi

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Global Events Monitor. Kenya reports first Ebola death and confirms second case in Nairobi. 2026-10-14T16:43:41.313Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:5901. https://global.eventmonitor.net/record/5901/revision/57eda3eeadf84075f93a17a6c2b03de76708a9d0908414f722772dc895a8e557

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