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Ebola cluster in Kenya rises to nine as Africa CDC traces Nigeria case
Kenyan authorities are searching for a Ugandan national who had contact with the country's first Ebola patient, as confirmed cases linked to the Nairobi cluster rose to nine. Africa CDC said it is seeking the full travel history of Nigeria's first patient, a Uganda-born woman living in Abuja, and warned leaders against politicizing the outbreak. Liberia tightened screening, and Nigerian senators moved to amend the country's 100-year-old Quarantine Act.
Why it matters
Cases in Kenya and Nigeria show the Bundibugyo outbreak spreading beyond Central Africa to major regional hubs.
Background
The Bundibugyo strain of Ebola has caused an outbreak in DR Congo and Uganda, and there is no licensed vaccine specific to it. Africa CDC coordinates the continent's response.
The story so far
- Kenya confirms first imported Ebola case in Nairobi
- Kenya confirms first imported Ebola case in Nairobi
- Kenya finds no new Ebola cases after 293 tests
- Kenya finds no new Ebola cases after 293 tests
- Kenya confirms a third Ebola case
- Kenya confirms four more Bundibugyo Ebola cases
- Kenya confirms eighth Ebola case as outbreak spreads in Congo
- Nigeria confirms first Ebola case in Abuja as outbreak spreads
- Nigeria confirms first Ebola case in over a decade
- Ebola cluster in Kenya rises to nine as Africa CDC traces Nigeria case
- Nigeria's Ebola patient identified as Swiss diplomat's wife
- Kenya reports second Ebola death
- Uganda orders Ebola quarantine as Nigeria widens contact tracing
- Ebola: patient evacuated from Nigeria; nurse killed in Congo
Sources
- AllAfrica ↗Oct 22, 8:31 AM ET
- AllAfrica ↗Oct 22, 11:27 AM ET
- AllAfrica ↗Oct 22, 6:33 AM ET
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