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Forty-two days is twice the longest Ebola incubation period, WHO says; 21 days is how long each contact is watched. Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale described both in a Citizen TV interview on 25 October.
None of the 60 people traced in Uganda developed symptoms or tested positive, Uganda's Health Minister Chris Baryomunsi said on 25 October; the country has no active Ebola cases.
Kenya's Ministry of Health said on 17 October that 128 of the 130 people listed as Ebola contacts had been traced and quarantined and that two were still being sought, Reuters reported; in a statement on 17 October, Africa CDC called for infection prevention and protective equipment for frontline health workers.
The woman, a close relative of the first two patients, tested positive for Bundibugyo virus disease; 127 of 130 contacts are in quarantine, the Ministry of Health said on 16 October 2026.
A 39-year-old man already in quarantine has tested positive for Bundibugyo virus disease, bringing Kenya's total to two confirmed cases and one death, The Standard reported on 14 October 2026.
Kenya has had no new Ebola case since 6 October, and 108 of 122 listed contacts are in quarantine, Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale said on 11 October, People Daily reported.
On 6 October, Reuters reported Kenya's health ministry director-general as saying the country's first Ebola patient may have passed airport screening because medication masked his symptoms. WHO puts Ebola's incubation period at 2 to 21 days, and a 2014 analysis put 21 days at the 95th percentile.
