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On 8 October, Wajir County authorities said preliminary laboratory tests on a 20-year-old man isolated in Habaswein after travelling from the DRC were negative for Ebola, Eastleigh Voice and The Standard reported.
On 8 October, Chinese Ambassador Guo Haiyan handed a US$2 million grant to Kenya's National Treasury, half for Ebola preparedness and response and half for drought mitigation, Capital FM and The Star reported.
On 7 October 2026, Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Miano said her ministry considers Kenya's Ebola case isolated, The Star reported. The WHO advised against travel restrictions.
On 7 October, South Sudan's Ministry of Health said it had detected no Ebola cases and that screening was under way at Juba airport and in 15 high-risk counties, Xinhua reported.
On 6 October, Kenya's Director-General for Health, Patrick Amoth, said the country's first Ebola patient may have taken medicine to lower his temperature and pass airport screening, Citizen Digital reported; WHO gave screening and contact figures the same day.
On 7 October 2026, Public Health PS Mary Muthoni announced that travellers from 10 African countries will be processed through Gate 16 at JKIA, Capital FM reported. The Health Ministry puts Ebola contacts at 57.
Under a 21 May circular, Kenya checks all arriving travellers for fever and requires an electronic health form from those coming from DR Congo and Uganda; on 6 October WHO advised against travel restrictions.
On 6 October Kenya notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of a confirmed case of Bundibugyo ebolavirus, a species with no licensed vaccine. CEPI said on 1 June that no Bundibugyo vaccine was in clinical development; by 23 July Oxford's candidate was in a Phase 1 trial, Gavi reported, and on 7 August WHO experts recommended a trial of Ervebo, the licensed vaccine for the Zaire species.
On 6 October 2026, Africa CDC said a high-level team is flying to Kenya after the country confirmed its first Ebola case and that Director General Jean Kaseya will follow. It said more than 70% of new cases in the DRC are being detected among people not previously identified as contacts.
On 6 October 2026, Health CS Aden Duale confirmed Kenya's first Ebola Bundibugyo case. The patient flew from Entebbe to Nairobi on 3 October and died on 5 October, and 28 contacts are listed.
Officials report 4,018 deaths and about 8,300 confirmed cases in seven provinces; Uganda's own outbreak was declared over in July, and Kenya's latest published figures show no confirmed case.
