Kenya discharges last Ebola patient, awaits disease-free status

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Kenya has released its last Ebola patient and begun a 42-day countdown to be declared free of the disease. Health Minister Aden Duale made the announcement at a news conference in Nairobi on Wednesday, more than five weeks after the country recorded its first case on October 6. Duale said Kenya would continue to exercise prevention measures until the December 23 date is reached. The Ministry of Health previously expressed confidence that the outbreak was under control, noting that all nine confirmed cases were linked to the first patient’s contact list. This indicated that there had been no community transmission. The last case was recorded on October 19.