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Kenya discharges last Ebola patient, begins countdown to Ebola-free declaration

Health CS Aden Duale has announced the discharge of Kenya's last Ebola patient, according to Tuko.

Kijiji News Desk
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According to Tuko, Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has announced that Kenya's last Ebola patient has been discharged from medical care.

The country has now begun a 42-day countdown period towards being declared Ebola-free, Tuko reports.

The countdown period represents a standard epidemiological measure used to determine when a country can be officially declared free of the disease.

Source: Tuko

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