Kenya Traces All 122 Contacts of Its First Ebola Patient as Only the Confirmed Case Tests Positive Among 293 Samples
Nature World News | 14.10.2026 09:07
Kenya's Ministry of Health said Sunday that all 122 people who had contact with the country's first imported Ebola patient have been identified and verified, and that none of the 108 contacts in quarantine had developed symptoms. Of 293 samples tested from 289 alerts since the case was confirmed, only the original patient's sample has been positive, according to Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale's Oct. 11 update reported by Kenyans.co.ke.