Kenya’s health ministry confirms second Ebola case
Kenya has confirmed its second case of Ebola, involving a relative of the country's first patient who recently died. Health authorities are facing scrutiny over border screening protocols as the virus potentially spreads across the region.
Why it matters
The emergence of Ebola in a new region poses a significant public health threat and highlights potential failures in international disease surveillance.
A relative of the first case, 39-year-old man’s infection raises concerns of a cross-border spread.
x whatsapp-stroke copylink google Add Al Jazeera on Google info A Kenyan Ministry of Health official checks the temperature of a traveller at the Busia One Stop Border Post (OSBP) on the Kenya-Uganda border as health authorities step up Ebola screening measures, in Busia on October 12, 2026. [AFP] By Al Jazeera Staff , AP and Reuters Published On 14 Oct 2026 14 Oct 2026 Kenya has reported a second Ebola infection, about a week after confirming its first-ever case of the disease when a citizen who had been living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) travelled to Kenya and died two days later at a Nairobi hospital.
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