Five Ebola patients discharged after recovering from virus
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The Health Ministry discharged five patients and released 46 contacts from quarantine on November 3. Health DG Patrick Amoth confirmed no new cases since October 19 and no community transmission.
The Ministry of Health has announced that five patients, who initially tested positive for the Bundibugyo Ebola virus, have recovered and were discharged on Tuesday, November 3.
In a statement on Tuesday, Health Director General Dr. Patrick Amoth revealed that the five patients, comprising two from Kenyatta National Hospital and three from The Nairobi Hospital, were cleared of the virus after laboratory tests confirmed that they did not exhibit any symptoms attributed to the disease.
