Ebola outbreak in Congo and regional spread
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Discrepancy in the number of Ebola-related deaths in Kenya.
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Kenyan health ministry
Kenya, Uganda, Congo
October 2026
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A second patient in Kenya has tested positive for Ebola. The first patient, a Kenyan man, died in Nairobi on October 5 after traveling from Congo via Uganda. Kenya is the fourth country to report a case linked to the ongoing Congo outbreak.
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