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  "id": 15555655,
  "title": "Kenya confirms eighth Ebola case as regional outbreak spreads",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/kenya-confirms-eighth-ebola-case-as-regional-outbreak-spreads-15555655",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-19T03:26:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
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    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40444894/kenya-confirms-eighth-ebola-case-as-regional-outbreak-spreads"
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  "summary": "NAIROBI: Kenya has confirmed one more Ebola case, bringing the total number of infections in the country to eight, Director-General for Health Patrick Amoth said on Sunday. “Today, 38 people were tested, and one tested positive for Ebola,” Amoth said in an interview on Kenya’s Citizen TV. “He is a 49-year-old man who is not a healthcare worker. He developed fever, headache and muscle pain.” Amoth…",
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        "title": "Kenya confirms eighth Ebola case as regional outbreak spreads",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/kenya-confirms-eighth-ebola-case-as-regional-outbreak-spreads-15557190",
        "published": "2026-10-19T00:03:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "Kenya confirms eighth Ebola case as regional outbreak spreads",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/kenya-confirms-eighth-ebola-case-as-regional-outbreak-spreads",
        "published": "2026-10-19T02:40:32.000Z"
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