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Ebola in Kenya: ninth case confirmed, contact sought

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Ebola in Kenya: ninth case confirmed, contact sought

Kenya announced a ninth Ebola case on 20 October, linked to the patient identified in Nairobi on 5 October, while a Ugandan contact of that first patient remains under search. The Director-General of Health confirmed the search on 21 October, as criticism of the outbreak response emerges, according to RFI.

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