Ethiopia
No outbreakShares a border
Kenya
- 1
- Confirmed cases
- 1
- Deaths
- 28
- Contacts followed
Figures last checked by the African Script team on 8 Oct 2026
Imported Ebola case confirmed in Kenya
The case was infected outside the country. No local transmission has been reported. Contacts are being followed for 21 days.
What these figures mean
- Confirmed cases
- Laboratory confirmed, cumulative
- Deaths
- Among confirmed and probable cases
- Suspected
- Awaiting test results
- Probable
- Clinically linked, not tested
- Contacts followed
- Monitored for 21 days
- Case fatality rate
- Shown once there are 10 or more cases
Outbreak timeline
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Bundibugyo virus disease – Kenya 2026 (imported case)
Bundibugyo virus · Imported case
Declared 6 Oct 2026
Regional watch
The situation in countries that border Kenya or are linked to it by travel.
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Cases by county
No county-level figures have been published yet.
Official updates
WHO, Africa CDC and Ministry of Health- Kenya Strengthens Ebola Preparedness and Contact Tracing
- Kenya Strengthens Ebola Preparedness as CS Urges Public to Rely on Official Information
- Kenya Confirms First Imported Case of Bundibugyo Ebola Virus Disease
- Africa CDC exprime sa solidarité avec le Kenya et appelle à renforcer la préparation régionale face à Ebola
- Africa CDC Expresses Solidarity with Kenya and Calls for Stronger Regional Ebola Preparedness
- CS PRESS RELEASE- 1ST EBOLA CASE
In the news
Unverified- CS Miano assures tourists Kenya is safe, says Ebola case is isolated
- WHO urges Kenya to avoid border closures, prioritise screening and contact tracing over Ebola
- UK warns against travel to parts of Kenya as Ebola case detected
- Why single Ebola death in Kenya has sparked fears of wider African spread
- South Sudan on high alert after Kenya records first Bundibugyo virus death
- Ten people linked to Kenya's first-ever Ebola case quarantined as screening concerns grow
- Kenya races to trace all contacts after first Ebola death, WHO official says
- Kenya races to trace all contacts after first Ebola death, WHO official says
- BREAKING: Kenya confirms first imported case of Bundibugyo Ebola virus disease
Protect yourself
Based on World Health Organization guidance. This is not medical advice.
- Symptoms
- Sudden fever, tiredness, muscle pain, headache and sore throat, followed by vomiting, diarrhoea and rash. Some patients bleed. Symptoms can start 2 to 21 days after infection.
- How it spreads
- Through direct contact with the blood or body fluids of a sick person or someone who died of Ebola, or with objects contaminated by them. It does not spread through the air, and people cannot pass it on before they have symptoms.
- Prevention
- Wash your hands often. Avoid touching the body fluids of sick people and the bodies of people who died of an unknown illness. Use safe burial teams. The licensed vaccine protects against Zaire ebolavirus only, not Bundibugyo or Sudan virus.
- If you feel unwell
- If you have a fever within 21 days of travelling to an affected area or being near a patient, keep away from other people and call your nearest health facility or the Ministry of Health before you go in. Early care saves lives.