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Kenya releases first Ebola contacts from quarantine, milestone in containment efforts

Straits Times26 October 2026, 14:45 UTCKenya

NAIROBI, Oct 26 - Kenya on Monday released from quarantine the first group of people who came into contact with its index Ebola patient, a milestone in its efforts to contain cases to a single infection cluster.

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