Ebola: all seven patients recover in Kenya
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Citizen Digital
Kenya’s Health Ministry has announced that all seven Ebola patients have recovered and that monitoring of the 135 people placed in quarantine has ended, with the country having no active cases. The country confirmed nine infections since 3 October, including two deaths, Health Minister Aden Duale said.
Kenya confirmed on Wednesday that all seven of its Ebola patients had recovered, after the last patient was discharged from the treatment centre, Kenyan Health Minister Aden Duale said. Five patients left care on 3 November and a sixth on 6 November, according to Citizen Digital.
The 135 people who had been in contact with the imported case have also completed their medical monitoring, according to Aden Duale. Authorities carried out 100% contact tracing and will maintain surveillance at the country’s 26 points of entry, where more than 760,000 travellers have been screened.
Kenya had confirmed nine infections, including two reported deaths. Emergency operations centres and rapid response teams will remain on alert, while the government maintains no restrictions on travel, trade or public gatherings, according to the Health Ministry.
The recovery of the seven patients comes after five patients recovered and 46 contacts left quarantine, announced on 4 November, followed by the discharge of the last patient. Kenya’s first imported Ebola case had been confirmed on 6 October from an imported case from Bundibugyo.
