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, with the country expected to be declared free of the disease on December 23 if no new cases emerge. The final patient had 11 contacts who would also undergo a 21-day quarantine period, while all 135 contacts linked to the index case had been traced and monitored through strengthened surveillance and contact-tracing measures. The country's first case was reported on October 6, involving a Kenyan man who had recently returned from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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