Health · Nairobi, Kenya · October 17, 2026

Kenya confirms a third Ebola case

first reported Oct 16, 6:41 AM ET

Kenya confirmed a third Ebola case, a relative of a man who died earlier this month after travelling from DR Congo. The cases have raised urgent questions about preparedness, border controls and Africa's domestic health funding.

The story so far

1. Oct 6Kenya confirms first imported Ebola case in Nairobi
2. Oct 7Kenya confirms first imported Ebola case in Nairobi
3. Oct 11Kenya finds no new Ebola cases after 293 tests
4. Oct 12Kenya finds no new Ebola cases after 293 tests
5. Oct 17Kenya confirms a third Ebola case
6. Oct 18Kenya confirms four more Bundibugyo Ebola cases
7. Oct 19Kenya confirms eighth Ebola case as outbreak spreads in Congo
8. Oct 20Nigeria confirms first Ebola case in Abuja as outbreak spreads
9. Oct 21Nigeria confirms first Ebola case in over a decade
10. Oct 22Ebola cluster in Kenya rises to nine as Africa CDC traces Nigeria case
11. Oct 23Nigeria's Ebola patient identified as Swiss diplomat's wife
12. Oct 24Kenya reports second Ebola death
13. Oct 25Uganda orders Ebola quarantine as Nigeria widens contact tracing
14. Oct 26Ebola: patient evacuated from Nigeria; nurse killed in Congo

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Sources

• France 24 ↗Oct 16, 4:25 PM ET
• DW ↗Oct 16, 6:41 AM ET
• AllAfrica ↗Oct 16, 9:52 AM ET

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