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Kenya discharges its last Ebola patient

In Kenya, on Wednesday, November 11, the last patient infected with Ebola was discharged, Health Minister Aden Duale said. A 42-day countdown has begun in the country, and if no one develops symptoms before it ends, Kenya will be declared Ebola-free on December 23. The first case was registered on October 6: the infected person was a Kenyan man who had returned from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In total, nine cases have been confirmed, seven patients have recovered and two have died. According to the Ministry of Health, all 135 contacts linked to the first case were traced and monitored, and all the cases remained within a single cluster, with no community transmission.

Not covered in Armenian media (checked 12 November)