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  "id": 16042098,
  "title": "Kenya searches for missing Ugandan contact as Ebola cases rise",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/kenya-searches-for-missing-ugandan-contact-as-ebola-cases-rise",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-22T11:57:39.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20261022-kenya-searches-for-missing-ugandan-contact-as-ebola-cases-rise"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Kenyan authorities are searching for a Ugandan national who came into contact with the country's first Ebola patient in Nairobi, as the number of confirmed cases linked to the initial cluster rises to nine.",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/ebola-nema-urges-vigilance-early-reporting-of-suspected-cases",
        "published": "2026-10-21T13:46:03.000Z"
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/nigeria-enters-regional-health-crisis-with-first-ebola-case-in-12",
        "published": "2026-10-21T14:05:31.000Z"
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        "title": "Ghana strengthens Ebola surveillance after cases reported in Kenya, Nigeria",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/ghana-strengthens-ebola-surveillance-after-cases-reported-in-kenya",
        "published": "2026-10-22T10:44:43.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "We aren’t sure if Nigeria's Ebola case came from Uganda - Africa CDC",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/we-arent-sure-if-nigerias-ebola-case-came-from-uganda-africa-cdc",
        "published": "2026-10-22T11:40:22.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Ghanaian Times",
        "title": "Ghana strengthens Ebola surveillance following reported cases in DRC, Kenya and Nigeria",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/ghana-strengthens-ebola-surveillance-following-reported-cases-in-drc",
        "published": "2026-10-22T12:44:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Premium Times",
        "title": "Nigeria has 500 epidemiologists, govt should let them lead Ebola response, expert says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/nigeria-has-500-epidemiologists-govt-should-let-them-lead-ebola",
        "published": "2026-10-22T14:56:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "People Daily Kenya",
        "title": "Ebola update: No new infections in Kenya as 14 samples test negative",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/ebola-update-no-new-infections-in-kenya-as-14-samples-test-negative",
        "published": "2026-10-22T14:59:14.000Z"
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