Kenya discharged its last Ebola patient on 11 November 2026, healthy and free of the virus. The last 11 contacts also returned home the same day after completing monitoring.
For the first time since the first case 37 days earlier, Kenya has no patient in treatment and no contacts in quarantine.
A 42-day countdown begins on Thursday, 12 November 2026, and Kenya will be declared Ebola-free on 23 December 2026 if no new case is recorded.
The first case of Bundibugyo virus disease was confirmed on 6 October 2026 in a Kenyan who travelled home from DR Congo via Uganda. There were 9 confirmed cases in total, with 7 people recovering and 2 dying. A total of 135 contacts were traced. The last case was confirmed on 19 October, and no new case has been recorded since. Five patients were discharged on 3 November, and a sixth on 6 November.
Ebola is still active in DR Congo, with nearly 11,000 confirmed cases and more than 5,000 deaths.
Source: WHO Regional Office for Africa
