Ebola: first contacts can leave quarantine from Sunday, ministry urges no stigma
The Ministry of Health says protective equipment has been sent to 28 counties it rates as high risk.
Based on reporting by The Star and Nairobi Wire.
DevelopingA health worker with donated medical equipment at Saint Camillus Mission Hospital, Karungu. File photo, 2026. Photo: Salute e Sviluppo ETS / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped
The first group of people being monitored for Ebola in Kenya can begin going home from Sunday, 25 October, if they have no symptoms, the Ministry of Health said in an update on Wednesday. They entered quarantine on 6 October and will by then have completed 21 days of monitoring.
They are contacts of known patients, not patients. Director General for Health Dr Patrick Amoth urged communities to welcome them home and not to stigmatise them.
The ministry said protective equipment, including gowns, gloves, face shields, boots and testing kits, has been sent to 12 counties it rates as very high risk and 16 rated high risk. The reports used for this story did not name the counties.
Kenya has confirmed nine Ebola cases, all linked to one known cluster. One patient has died, and the ministry says the other eight are improving. There are no restrictions on travel, trade or public gatherings.
Anyone with fever, unusual tiredness, muscle or joint pain, a sore throat, vomiting, diarrhoea or unexplained bleeding should seek care or call the ministry's free line, 719.
