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Kenya records third Ebola case, linked to first patient who died
The sixty-five-year-old woman is in quarantine with the Bundibugyo strain, and officials say there are no signs the virus has spread in the community.
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- First reported by Al Jazeera: “Kenya records third Ebola case, linked to first patient who died”.
- Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 3:46 PM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger.
- Topics: Ebola.
- BBN covered this story before: Kenya Ebola Case Prompts Questions; Maduro Pleads Not Guilty (October 15).
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Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Nairobi this afternoon, Kenya's government confirmed a third Ebola case, a sixty-five-year-old woman now in quarantine, as Al Jazeera reports.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorOfficials say she has the Bundibugyo strain and is linked to the first patient, who died. They say there are no signs of community transmission.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLinked to the first patient, and in quarantine. So the contact tracing is doing its job.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThat is the reading from Nairobi, and health officials across East Africa will be watching closely for any further cases.
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The story so far
- Ebola count tops 9,000 as mistrust slows the response · Al Jazeera
- Ebola outbreak in Congo passes 9,000 confirmed cases · New York Post
- Kenya confirms a second Ebola case, a relative of the first · Al Jazeera
- Second Ebola Infection Announced in Kenya · The New York Times
- Soap star's final hours, Ebola spreads in Congo, Philadelphia bones · Reuters
- Kenya Ebola Case Prompts Questions; Maduro Pleads Not Guilty · BBC
- Kenya records third Ebola case, linked to first patient who died (this story)
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