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Kenya discharges last Ebola patient and begins 42-day countdown
Kenya discharged its last Ebola patient on Wednesday, starting a 42-day wait before it can be declared Ebola-free.
The country recorded nine cases after its first patient arrived from Congo via Uganda in October.
All other cases were linked to that first patient, with no community transmission reported.
The first patient and another person died, while the other seven patients recovered.
The waiting period is twice the virus’s longest incubation period and is due to end on Dec.
23 if no new infections are found.
Kenya is continuing screening and border controls, and arrivals from Congo will have to quarantine for 21 days.
The wider outbreak continues, with more than 11,000 infections reported in Congo, and Saudi Arabia has suspended visas for Kenyans indefinitely.
Kenya discharged its last Ebola patient on Wednesday, starting a 42-day countdown toward being declared Ebola-free.
The country recorded nine cases, and no new infections have been reported since October 19, the health ministry said.
The first patient and his mother died, while the other seven patients recovered.
The countdown will end on December 23 if no new infections are recorded, Health Minister Aden Duale said.
Kenya is continuing prevention measures, including quarantine for citizens arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Who
- Kenya and its Health Ministry, led by Health Minister Aden Duale.
- What
- Kenya discharged its last Ebola patient and began a 42-day countdown toward being declared Ebola-free.
- When
- Wednesday, November 11, 2026.
- Where
- Kenya.
- Why
- The last patient was discharged, and the countdown runs for 42 days without new infections.
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Kenya’s first reported Ebola patient tested positive after arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The last date on which Kenya recorded a new infection, according to the health ministry.
Kenya discharged its last Ebola patient and began the 42-day countdown.
The 42-day waiting period is due to end if no new infections are recorded.
- Confirmed cases in Kenya
- 9
- Last patient discharged
- November 11, 2026
- Countdown period
- 42 days
- Expected end of countdown
- December 23, 2026
- Last reported new infection
- October 19