Kenya confirms the country's second case of Bundibugyo-type Ebola.

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14/10/2026
On the 14th local time, Kenya's Ministry of Health confirmed the country's second case of Bundibugyo ebolavirus. On October 6 local time, Kenya's Health Minister Duale stated that Kenya's Ministry of Health had confirmed the country's first imported case of Bundibugyo ebolavirus, and the patient died on the 5th at a hospital in Nairobi. The Democratic Republic of the Congo declared an Ebola outbreak on May 15. This round of the outbreak was caused by the Bundibugyo ebolavirus, and there are currently no approved vaccines or specific treatments for this virus type.