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  "id": 19541689,
  "title": "Kenya discharges last Ebola patient",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/kenya-discharges-last-ebola-patient",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-11T20:04:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/kenya-discharges-last-ebola-patient/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kenya has discharged its last Ebola patient, bringing the country closer to being declared free of the disease. Health Minister Aden Duale announced on Wednesday that the patient had completed treatment at a Nairobi hospital and would undergo a 21-day quarantine period. All 135 contacts linked to the index case have been traced and monitored, with no community transmission recorded. The Kenyan Ministry of Health reported that seven patients recovered and two sadly passed away from the nine confirmed cases linked to a single transmission cluster. The Democratic Republic of the Congo remains in the midst of its deadliest Ebola outbreak, with over 11,000 cases and 5,387 deaths.",
  "summary": "Kenya has discharged its last remaining Ebola patient from hospital, with the country expected to be declared free of the disease on December 23 if no new cases emerge. Read More: https://punchng.com/kenya-discharges-last-ebola-patient/",
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Kenya discharges last Ebola patient, beginning countdown to Ebola-free declaration",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/kenya-discharges-last-ebola-patient-beginning-countdown-to-ebola-free",
        "published": "2026-11-11T09:08:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Standard Kenya",
        "title": "Kenya begins 42-day countdown to Ebola-free status",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/kenya-begins-42-day-countdown-to-ebola-free-status",
        "published": "2026-11-11T09:16:11.000Z"
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        "title": "Kenya discharges last patient, begins countdown to Ebola-free status",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/kenya-discharges-last-patient-begins-countdown-to-ebola-free-status",
        "published": "2026-11-11T09:59:12.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Capital FM Kenya",
        "title": "Kenya begins 42-day countdown towards Ebola-free status after discharging last patient",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/kenya-begins-42-day-countdown-towards-ebola-free-status-after",
        "published": "2026-11-11T10:56:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "Kenya discharges last Ebola patient as 42-day countdown to end outbreak begins",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/kenya-discharges-last-ebola-patient-as-42-day-countdown-to-end",
        "published": "2026-11-11T10:58:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Kenya discharges last Ebola patient, awaits disease-free status",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/kenya-discharges-last-ebola-patient-awaits-disease-free-status",
        "published": "2026-11-11T15:34:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "Kenya's last Ebola patient leaves hospital",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/kenyas-last-ebola-patient-leaves-hospital",
        "published": "2026-11-11T16:16:00.000Z"
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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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