Government discharges five Ebola patients as 46 contacts exit quarantine
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Five patients being treated for the Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak have been discharged, while 46 additional contacts have completed monitoring and been released from quarantine.
In a statement, the Ministry of Health noted that the five male patients, two from Kenyatta National Hospital and three from Nairobi Hospital, had completed treatment and tested negative for the virus.
“Further, 46 more contacts who have completed their monitoring and are in good health have been released from quarantine and reunited with their families, in addition to the twenty contacts who returned home on 25th October 2026,” read the statement.