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Kenya's Ministry of Health has warned that Ebola can at first look like malaria, with the country's case total at eight, Capital FM reported on 19 October. WHO says the early symptoms are similar and laboratory tests such as RT-PCR confirm which disease it is.
Kenya's Ebola total rose to eight on Sunday 18 October when one of 38 people tested that day was positive for the Bundibugyo strain, Director General for Health Patrick Amoth said on Citizen TV, as quoted by Capital FM.
Kenya's Ministry of Health confirmed four new Ebola cases on 17 October, bringing the total to seven: a close relative of the first patient and three health workers who treated him, all already in quarantine; the ministry says there is no sign of community spread.
Resistant E. coli in 2,320 stool samples from a Nairobi informal settlement varied by area and by antibiotic exposure, a PLOS ONE paper published on 24 June 2026 reports.
The woman, a close relative of the first two patients, tested positive for Bundibugyo virus disease; 127 of 130 contacts are in quarantine, the Ministry of Health said on 16 October 2026.
A 39-year-old man already in quarantine has tested positive for Bundibugyo virus disease, bringing Kenya's total to two confirmed cases and one death, The Standard reported on 14 October 2026.
Health CS Aden Duale published Legal Notice No. 204 on 12 October, putting contacts of Ebola patients under quarantine for 21 days, making it an offence to ignore a quarantine order and banning the transfer of victims' bodies out of Kenya, The Star reported on 12 October 2026.
Kenya has had no new Ebola case since 6 October, and 108 of 122 listed contacts are in quarantine, Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale said on 11 October, People Daily reported.
On 10 October 2026, Kenya's Ministry of Health said a memo halting hotel meetings applies only to staff of the State Department for Public Health and Professional Standards, not to all government meetings.
On the evening of 7 October, the Chinese Embassy in Kenya issued an Ebola notice urging Chinese citizens in Kenya to avoid affected areas and monitor their health, China News Service reported on 8 October.
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.
