Kenya’s health ministry confirms second Ebola case
Port health officials from Kenya’s Ministry of Health monitor data as they wait for passengers at the arrival screening point at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi on October 7, 2026 [AFP]Stepped-up responseKenya has intensified its national response to the disease since the country recorded the first case.
Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) customs officials check passports and identity for passengers at the arrival screening point at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi on October 7, 2026 [AFP]‘Leave Uganda out’Last week’s case raised concerns about deficiencies in border screening systems in the region after the patient drove from the DRC to Uganda and flew to Nairobi from there.
Kenya has reported a second Ebola infection, about a week after confirming its first-ever case of the disease when a citizen who had been living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) travelled to Kenya and died two days later at a Nairobi hospital.
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