Kenya releases last Ebola patient, starts 42-day countdown to disease-free status
Verified: 4 outlets in 3 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 2 of them from Kenya.
NAIROBI, Nov 11 - Kenya discharged its last Ebola patient on Wednesday, starting a 42-day countdown to when the country can be declared free of the disease, Health Minister Aden Duale said.
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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
2 outlets from Kenya, where the story is: KBC News, The Standard · how we count
- Nov 11, 9:55 AM UTCFirst report· you’re reading thisKenya 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, 10:29 AM UTC+34 minKenya discharges last Ebola patient, beginning countdown to Ebola-free declarationabcnews.com ↗
[Claude] Report 2 covers the same Kenyan Ebola countdown event, adding that the last patient was discharged on Wednesday and attributing the announcement to Health Minister Aden Duale; nothing in it conflicts
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