Kenya discharges last Ebola patient
Kenya has discharged its last remaining Ebola patient from hospital, with the country expected to be declared free of the disease on December 23 if no new cases emerge. Read More: https://punchng.com/kenya-discharges-last-ebola-patient/
Kenya has discharged its last Ebola patient, bringing the country closer to being declared free of the disease. Health Minister Aden Duale announced on Wednesday that the patient had completed treatment at a Nairobi hospital and would undergo a 21-day quarantine period. All 135 contacts linked to the index case have been traced and monitored, with no community transmission recorded.
The Kenyan Ministry of Health reported that seven patients recovered and two sadly passed away from the nine confirmed cases linked to a single transmission cluster. The Democratic Republic of the Congo remains in the midst of its deadliest Ebola outbreak, with over 11,000 cases and 5,387 deaths.
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