# Ten linked to Kenya’s first Ebola case quarantined as screening concerns mount

https://mins.news/en/item/89644

- BBC News, 2026-10-07 12:46 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6eq3x3v11d5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Kenyan officials say 10 people who had contact with a man who died of Ebola in the country have been quarantined, while authorities seek 57 more contacts. The patient travelled through several cities in DR Congo, drove to Uganda and flew to Nairobi without his illness being detected, raising concerns about Kenya’s screening measures.

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