Nairobi, Mombasa Among 22 Counties on High Ebola Alert After Regional Outbreak

The World Health Organization has officially classified countries bordering the DRC, including Kenya, as high-risk nations for Ebola transmission...

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Kenya's Ministry of Health has identified 22 counties at risk of an Ebola outbreak due to rising cases in neighboring Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), prompting heightened surveillance.

22 Kenyan counties have been classified into four risk tiers (very high, high, medium, low).
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised the national threat level in the DRC to "very high" with 82 confirmed cases and 177 suspected deaths reported.
Health experts are concerned about the Bundibugyo strain, which lacks an approved vaccine or specific treatment, though a new vaccine candidate is in development.

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