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  "id": 14474918,
  "title": "Kenya confirms second Ebola case as contact tracing continues",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/kenya-confirms-second-ebola-case-as-contact-tracing-continues",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-14T15:08:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
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    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/kenya-confirms-second-ebola-case-as-contact-tracing-continues"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Kenya has confirmed a second case of Bundibugyo Ebola virus disease, with the Ministry of Health saying the patient was already in quarantine when he developed symptoms. The 39-year-old man, a close family member of the first patient, developed fever, fatigue and joint pains on October 13. Health teams isolated him and collected samples, which […]",
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        "title": "Kenya confirms second Ebola case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/kenya-confirms-second-ebola-case",
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        "title": "Kenya: Kenya Confirms Second Ebola Case",
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        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "Kenya confirms second Ebola case as 108 contacts placed in quarantine",
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        "published": "2026-10-14T15:30:57.000Z"
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        "outlet": "People Daily Kenya",
        "title": "Kenya Ebola timeline: How quarantine helped detect second case",
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        "published": "2026-10-14T16:16:54.000Z"
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        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Kenya confirms second Ebola case as relative of country's first victim",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/kenya-confirms-second-ebola-case-as-relative-of-countrys-first-victim",
        "published": "2026-10-14T16:23:40.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Kenya’s health ministry confirms second Ebola case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/kenyas-health-ministry-confirms-second-ebola-case",
        "published": "2026-10-14T17:03:19.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "GBC Ghana",
        "title": "Kenya confirms second Ebola case as relative of country’s first victim",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/kenya-confirms-second-ebola-case-as-relative-of-countrys-first-victim-14498750",
        "published": "2026-10-14T17:30:15.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "SABC News",
        "title": "Kenya reports second Ebola case, family member of first patient",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/kenya-reports-second-ebola-case-family-member-of-first-patient",
        "published": "2026-10-14T17:56:42.000Z"
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