Kenya begins countdown towards end of Ebola after last patient discharged
Verified: 17 outlets in 10 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 3 of them from Kenya.
Kenya began a 42-day countdown to the end of its Ebola outbreak on Thursday, a day after the last patient being treated for the disease went home and 11 people were released from quarantine.
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
Who reported it
3 outlets from Kenya, where the story is: Capital FM News, KBC News, The Standard · how we count
- Nov 11, 9:55 AM UTCFirst reportKenya releases last Ebola patient, starts 42-day countdown to disease-free statusstraitstimes.com ↗
- Nov 11, 9:59 AM UTC+5 minKenya begins 42-day countdown to Ebola-free statusstandardmedia.co.ke ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 11, 9:59 AM UTC · +5 min
- Nov 11, 10:18 AM UTC+23 minKenya discharges last patient, begins countdown to Ebola-free statuskbc.co.ke ↗
- Nov 11, 5:59 PM UTC+8 hKenya Starts Countdown to End of Ebola Outbreaknytimes.com ↗
- Severity rose to high
- Nov 11, 8:07 PM UTC+10 hKenya discharges last Ebola patientpunchng.com ↗
- Nov 12, 7:46 AM UTC+22 hKenya: Kenya's Last Ebola Patient Leaves Hospitalallafrica.com ↗
- Nov 12, 5:31 PM UTC+32 h· you’re reading thisKenya begins countdown towards end of Ebola after last patient dischargednews.un.org ↗
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