{
  "id": 12353866,
  "title": "Kenya steps up Ebola screening at border points as first case is confirmed",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/kenya-steps-up-ebola-screening-at-border-points-as-first-case-is",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-06T10:09:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/kenya-steps-up-ebola-screening-at-border-points-as-first-case-is-confirmed"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Kenya has stepped up surveillance at formal border crossing points and intensified screening of travellers following confirmation of the country’s first imported case of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease. Director-General for Health Patrick Amoth, speaking on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, said the Ministry of Health would maintain heightened surveillance at border points, including Busia and Malaba, […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}