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The wait is twice Ebola's longest incubation period of 21 days, WHO says. Kenya's count has not begun: one patient was still in treatment on 6 November 2026, the Ministry of Health said.
Kenya's Ministry of Health said a sixth Ebola patient has recovered and one remains in treatment, so the 42-day countdown to an Ebola-free declaration has not begun, the Kenyan news site Kenyans.co.ke reported on 6 November.
Private employment agencies warned on 5 November that more than 50,000 issued Saudi job visas could expire while Saudi Arabia and Kuwait keep Ebola curbs on Kenya, The Star reported on 6 November.
Kenya's Ministry of Health said on 3 November that five Ebola patients recovered and 46 contacts finished quarantine; 52 contacts are due out by 11 November.
More than 300 Kenyans who left on 30 October with valid work visas were refused entry in Saudi Arabia and were back at JKIA in Nairobi on 2 November; recruiters want clarity on the 21-day rule, The Standard reported.
Kenya's foreign ministry told Riyadh in a note dated 30 October that the ban on anyone who was in Kenya in the past 21 days is disproportionate, The Star reported on 31 October.
Saudi Arabia suspended travel to and from Kenya on 30 October 2026 as a precaution against Ebola. WHO advises against such restrictions, and a 2014 simulation found that cutting passenger traffic delayed the risk of Ebola spreading to new countries by only a few weeks.
Kenya's Ministry of Health says 46 quarantined Ebola contacts finish monitoring on 3 November, all releases should end by 11 November and the country has gone 10 days without a new infection, Kenyans.co.ke reported on 30 October.
Not known yet: Ervebo is licensed only for the Zaire strain, and WHO guidance dated 31 August 2026 says the evidence is too thin to say it protects people against Bundibugyo virus, the strain in Kenya.
Africa CDC has mobilised about US$1.5 million, 10 experts and equipment worth about US$350,000 for Kenya's Ebola response, it said on 27 October.
The US CDC signed an order on 22 October requiring every US-bound passenger to attest they have not been in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the past 21 days, for flights from 3 November.
Kenya released the first 20 contacts of its first Ebola case from quarantine after 21 symptom-free days; 98 contacts remain, the Ministry of Health and WHO said on 26 October.
