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  "id": 15224356,
  "title": "Kenya confirms 4 new Ebola cases",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/kenya-confirms-4-new-ebola-cases",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-17T14:57:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/kenya-confirms-4-new-ebola-cases"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Ministry of Health has confirmed four new cases of Ebola (Bundibugyo virus disease), bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Kenya to seven, including one death, as health officials intensify containment measures. In a press statement issued on Saturday, October 17, 2026, Director General for Health Dr Patrick Amoth said all four new […]",
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        "outlet": "The Standard Kenya",
        "title": "Kenya confirms four new Ebola cases, total rises to seven",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/kenya-confirms-four-new-ebola-cases-total-rises-to-seven",
        "published": "2026-10-17T14:33:11.000Z"
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        "outlet": "KBC",
        "title": "Kenya confirms 4 new Ebola cases",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/kenya-confirms-4-new-ebola-cases-15224854",
        "published": "2026-10-17T15:25:16.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "Kenya confirms four new Ebola cases, total rises to seven",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/kenya-confirms-four-new-ebola-cases-total-rises-to-seven-15232264",
        "published": "2026-10-17T16:13:19.000Z"
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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."
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