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Patrick Amoth

1. Follow-up: Kenya Ebola cases rise to 8; DRC outbreak has killed at least 4,000

   Kenya's first Ebola patient, a man who arrived in Nairobi from the Democratic Republic of the Congo via Uganda, died in a Nairobi hospital on Oct 5. Director-General for Health Patrick Amoth said on Oct 18 that 1 of 38 people tested that day was positive: a 49-year-old man who cleaned utensils and linens at the hospital and may have been exposed to the first patient; he developed fever, headache and muscle pain on Saturday. The ministry reported 4 new cases on Saturday, including 3 health workers who treated the first patient. The outbreak is the Bundibugyo strain; Australia's ABC reported that the DRC has recorded at least 4,000 deaths since May, and up to 128 contacts of Kenya's first patient remain in isolation.

   Oct 19, 2026 Afternoon