NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 7 – Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale says Kenya does not have an Ebola outbreak, describing the confirmed case as an imported infection involving a patient who travelled from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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Duale said the government had put in place Ebola preparedness measures months before the case was detected in Kenya, following confirmation of the outbreak in the DRC in May 2026.

Speaking on NTV’s Fixing the Nation on Wednesday, Duale said about 650,000 passengers had been screened across Kenya’s 15 points of entry as part of efforts to prevent the virus from spreading into the country.

“We don’t have an Ebola outbreak in Kenya, what we have is an imported Ebola incident just like what happened in Germany or France,” Duale said.

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He said Kenya had not been caught off guard by the threat, unlike the experience at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Since May of 2026, when the Ebola outbreak was confirmed and announced by both WHO and Africa CDC, we were not caught off guard like COVID,” he said.

Duale said 4,900 healthcare workers had been trained to manage Ebola cases, while 276 suspected cases had been tested and returned negative results.

“We have put in place enough preparedness as a country, 650,000 passengers screened across all our 15 entry points, 4,900 healthcare workers trained to deal with Ebola, and 276 cases tested negative,” he said.

The CS said health authorities had established the patient’s movements from the DRC to Kenya, allowing them to classify the case as imported.

“This patient is imported because we can define his pathway, how he came from northwestern Congo, DRC, to Kisangani, Beni, Kinshasa, Kampala and Kenya,” Duale said.

📰 Source: Capital FM Kenya