Kenya Ministry of Health

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Has reported nine confirmed cases and two deaths since October 6; 20 contacts completed 21-day follow-up and 98 remained under monitoring on October 26

Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed 5,372 people among 10,414 confirmed cases, a 51.6% fatality rate, the National Institute of Public Health said in a report released October 31. Across Africa the toll is now 5,376, after Kenya and Uganda each recorded two deaths, the Africa CDC said on November 2.

Updated Nov 3

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Has reported nine Bundibugyo cases, including two deaths, linked to its first imported patient. Contacts remain under follow-up.

Nigeria's first Bundibugyo Ebola patient is the wife of a diplomat who holidayed in Uganda, Africa CDC chief Jean Kaseya told the BBC. She is isolated in Abuja, and 44 contacts, most of them health workers, are being monitored.

Updated Nov 1

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Managing Kenya's first Ebola outbreak, with all nine cases in one cluster

Kenya's second Ebola death was a 65-year-old woman, a close relative of the man who carried the virus into the country. She developed symptoms on October 13 while in quarantine and died in a Nairobi isolation unit on the evening of October 23.

Updated Oct 25