MTRH Places One Person Under 21-Day Quarantine Over Ebola Concerns

Author: kenyans.co.kePublished on: October 22, 2026Country: Kenya

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MTRH Places One Person Under 21-Day Quarantine Over Ebola Concerns

Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Eldoret has quarantined one person following possible exposure to Ebola. Hospital CEO Dr Phillip Kirwa said the individual was identified through contact tracing linked to confirmed cases of the Bundibugyo virus. MTRH said it has no Ebola-infected patients and stressed that quarantine does not mean someone has tested positive. The individual will be monitored for 21 days and is expected to be released if no symptoms develop.

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