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HEALTHOct 12Kenya says no new Ebola cases since first-ever deathKenyan authorities on Sunday said the country has recorded no new cases of Ebola since a positive patient died on October 5. Tests were conducted on 293 samples, but none came back positive.Africanews [en]
HEALTHBREAKINGOct 11Ebola spreads in eastern DRC as Kenya confirms imported caseAl Jazeera [en]
HEALTHBREAKINGOct 10Kenya: Ebola tests negative as contact tracing continuesFrance 24 [en]
HEALTHOct 10Unreliable weather creating mental health issues for Kenyan farmersA Kenyan clinical psychologist is urging policymakers to incorporate mental wellbeing into farmer support programmes.Africanews [en]
HEALTHOct 10Kenyan health ministry urges churches to raise awareness about EbolaThis follows the death in Nairobi on Monday of a Kenyan man who had travelled home from DR Congo through Uganda.Africanews [en]
HEALTHOct 10A race against time to prevent an outbreak follows Kenya's first Ebola deathRFI [en]
HEALTHOct 9Kenya confirms preliminary tests on suspected Ebola case come back negativeThere had been fears the patient could be Kenya’s second case after a citizen died of ⁠the virus in Nairobi on Tuesday.Africanews [en]
HEALTHOct 9Kenya confirms prelimary tests on suspected Ebola case come back negativeThere had been fears the patient could be Kenya’s second case after a citizen died of ⁠the virus in Nairobi on Tuesday.Africanews [en]
HEALTHOct 9Kenya Red Cross supports response to country’s first Ebola caseFrance 24 [en]
HEALTHOct 9China gives Kenya Ksh.129M grant to support Ebola responseThe grant was officially handed over at the National Treasury, where Treasury Principal Secretary Dr Chris Kiptoo received Chinese Ambassador to Kenya Guo Haiyan.citizen_digital · kenya
HEALTHOct 9Canada Tells Its Citizens to Exercise High Caution in Kenya After Ebola CaseOttawa has placed Kenya under a high-degree-of-caution travel advisory following a confirmed Ebola case and a reported death, as health experts warn that incomplete contact tracing could allow further infections to go undetected. The post Canada Tells Its Citizens to Exercise High Caution in Kenya After Ebola Case appeared first on Nairobi Wire.nairobiwire · kenya
HEALTHOct 8Kenyan patient suspected of Ebola infection tests negativePreliminary lab results ease fears of a second case in Kenya, after the country reported its first-ever case this week.Al Jazeera [en]
HEALTHOct 8Kenya boosts Ebola preparedness after registering first caseAfricanews [en]
HEALTHOct 8Why single Ebola death in Kenya has sparked fears of wider African spreadAccording to the WHO, the Kenyan patient first got sick in the DRC, where they had been living, and was treated there.Al Jazeera [en]
HEALTHOct 7Kenya: Health Minister insists no ebola outbreak in countryKenya is not in the grips of an ebola outbreak, the country's health secretary insisted on Wednesday, in the wake of Kenya's first death from the disease.Africanews [en]
HEALTHOct 7Kenya on high alert amid concern over screening after first Ebola deathKenya’s government has intensified Ebola preparedness efforts amid growing concern over lapses in border screening.Al Jazeera [en]
HEALTHOct 7Kenyan authorities scramble to find passengers on Ebola flightThe Telegraph
HEALTHBREAKINGOct 7'I got so scared': Nairobi residents worried after Kenya's first Ebola deathAfricanews [en]
HEALTHOct 7Ten people linked to the first Ebola case in Kenya have been quarantined amid growing screening concernsBBC Afrique
HEALTHBREAKINGOct 7Ten people linked to Kenya's first-ever Ebola case quarantined as screening concerns growBBC World
HEALTHOct 7Kenya races to trace all contacts after first Ebola death, WHO official saysUN News
HEALTHOct 7Passenger Dies After ‘Medical Emergency’ On Kenya Airways Flight To LagosKenya Airways said its crew administered first aid to the passenger and followed emergency procedures. The post Passenger Dies After ‘Medical Emergency’ On Kenya Airways Flight To Lagos appeared first on Channels Television.Channels TV
HEALTHOct 7Kenyan health workers demand protection after first Ebola deathAfricanews [en]
HEALTHOct 7Ebola: NCDC warns of importation risk after Kenya confirms first casePremium Times