Kenya discharges five Ebola patients as 46 contacts leave quarantine
The Ministry of Health said on Tuesday that five Ebola Bundibugyo patients had tested negative and gone home from KNH and The Nairobi Hospital. Kenya has recorded no new infection since October 19, and confirmed cases remain at nine.
Five patients who had the Ebola Bundibugyo virus have recovered and gone home, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday. The Star reported that two were treated at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) and three at The Nairobi Hospital. Laboratory tests confirmed their recovery. The ministry said that the patients had finished treatment and stayed free of symptoms before discharge. Another 46 contacts completed their 21-day monitoring period without developing symptoms. They have left quarantine and returned to their families. That brings the total number of contacts released to 66, after 20 others went home on October 25. The ministry expects the remaining 52 contacts to finish quarantine by November 11 if they stay symptom-free. Kenya's confirmed case count remains at nine, including two deaths. The ministry puts the case fatality rate at 22.2 per cent. No new infection has been recorded since October 19. According to the ministry, all cases are linked to a single cluster that began with the first imported case, and…
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