The successful containment followed an early October index case involving a businessman who contracted the virus abroad before dying alongside his mother in Nairobi. Health Minister Aden Duale confirmed that all 135 traced contacts completed mandatory isolation, while seven infected individuals, including four healthcare workers, survived. Surveillance teams will remain stationed at airports and border points to guard against reinfection until the World Health Organization threshold passes.
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Kenya has entered the required 42-day monitoring countdown before it can officially be ce…: Kenya has entered the required 42-day monitoring countdown before it can officially be certified as Ebola-free.
Officials are demanding that foreign governments reverse travel limitations, such as Saud…: Officials are demanding that foreign governments reverse travel limitations, such as Saudi Arabia's visa suspension for Kenyan citizens.
Heightened border and airport surveillance will continue while emergency response units m…: Heightened border and airport surveillance will continue while emergency response units monitor surrounding regional threats.
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Kenya has discharged its last Ebola patient - the seventh to recover from the virus - marking a major milestone in efforts to contain the disease in the East African nation, which now begins a 42-day countdown to officially being declared Ebola-free.
It had confirmed its first ever case of Ebola early in October when a Kenyan businessman died within days of arriving in the capital, Nairobi.
He had contracted the virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where more than 5,000 people have died in an ongoing outbreak that began in May. His mother also subsequently died.
Kenya's health minister said 135 identified contacts of the infected patients had also completed their 21 days in isolation.
"Today with the discharge of the last patient we can confirm and tell the world that seven patients have recovered - and all contacts have completed their follow-up monitoring," Aden Duale said.
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) described it as an important achievement in the regional response to the outbreak.
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