Kenya discharges last Ebola patient as all 7 victims recover

Health Cabinet Secretary (CS) Aden Duale said that all seven patients have been discharged and the contacts that were traced have completed necessary medical checkups.

"On November 3rd, 5 patients were discharged. The first Kenyans ever to recover from this disease and on November 6, the 6th patient went home," he said in a press address.

"Today with the discharge of the last patient we can confirm and tell the world that 7 patients have recovered and all contacts have completed their follow-up monitoring."

Since being first detected in Kenya on October 3, MoH has combated Ebola, boasting of successfully and timely containing the deadly virus.

CS Duale noted that the Ministry conducted 100% contact tracing, as all 135 people in contact with the imported case were released from quarantine centres in batches.

The first 20 contacts completed their 21-day monitoring period and were released on October 26, while another 46 were expected to leave quarantine on November 3.

Kenya confirmed nine infections and two reportedly died.

Meanwhile, the government said it would maintain surveillance at all 26 points of entry, where more than 760,000 travellers have so far been screened, as well as keep emergency operations centres and rapid response teams on alert across the country.

Despite the ongoing response, the Ministry maintained that Kenya remains open, with no restrictions on travel, trade or public gatherings.