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Kenya confirms first Ebola case imported from Congo after patient dies in Nairobi

Verified: 30 outlets in 17 countries have reported this story since Oct 14, 2 of them from Kenya.

📍 Nairobi, KE·🕐 25d ago·30 outlets

Health Minister Aden Duale said 28 contacts have been identified and placed in isolation, as Kenya becomes the fourth country to record a case in the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history

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✓ Verified · 30 outletsin its last 2 days · 33 since Oct 14

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.

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Missing: 21 outlet: the-star.co.ke· latest Oct 19, 5:40 AM UTC
Kenya warns of more Ebola cases as two contacts remain missing ↗

The story so far · 61 reports · · 18 countries · 30 in its last 2 days✓ Verified Oct 14, 4:33 PM UTC

2 outlets from Kenya, where the story is: Capital FM News, The Standard · how we count

Oct 14, 5:21 AM UTCFirst report
Kenya: Laikipia Confirms Two Suspected Ebola Cases Test Negative allafrica.com ↗
Oct 14, 4:02 PM UTC+11 h
Kenya: Kenya Confirms Second Ebola Case allafrica.com (again) ↗
Oct 14, 4:33 PM UTC+11 h
Kenya confirms second Ebola case, a relative of first patient abcnews.com ↗
Oct 16, 4:31 PM UTC+2 d· you’re reading this
Kenya confirms first Ebola case imported from Congo after patient dies in Nairobithehindu.com ↗
Oct 19, 9:00 AM UTC+5 d
Ebola can look like malaria: MoH warns as cases hit 8 capitalfm.africa (again) ↗
Oct 19, 9:40 AM UTC+5 d
Kenya: Ebola Can Look Like Malaria - MoH Warns As Cases Hit 8 allafrica.com (again) ↗
Oct 19, 10:37 AM UTC+5 d
Ebola spreads further in Congo, Kenya cases rise to 8 amid fear of regional spread businessday.ng ↗
Oct 19, 11:05 AM UTC+5 d
Kenya confirms eighth Ebola case as regional outbreak spreads africanews.com (again) ↗

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[Claude] Report 2 reports a third Ebola case in Kenya, which is a follow-up to the same outbreak and case series as Report 1's first confirmed imported case, and nothing in it contradicts Report 1.

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