{
  "id": 1777638,
  "title": "PS Muthoni says Kenya is 81% ready for Ebola as 450,000 travellers screened",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/ps-muthoni-says-kenya-is-81-ready-for-ebola-as-450-000-travellers",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-18T19:13:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/ps-muthoni-says-kenya-is-81-ready-for-ebola-as-450000-travellers-screened"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Kenya's Ministry of Health has raised the country's preparedness level against Ebola to 81 percent, as the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to battle an outbreak of the deadly disease. Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni stated that Kenya has not recorded a confirmed Ebola case but remains on high alert due to its extensive travel and transport links with countries in East and Central Africa. The country has intensified screening at its main points of entry, with more than 450,000 inbound travellers already screened, and has expanded its laboratory capacity to support rapid testing of suspected Ebola cases.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}