(Posted 14th October 2026)
Kenya’s Ministry of Health has now officially confirmed that, after contact tracing following the first case detected last week, a second person was found infected with the Bundibugyo Ebola virus. The infected individual was reportedly already under quarantine when his symptoms began to show and blood samples taken then confirmed his infection.
The media in Kenya have voiced public concern over the delay of the announcement since the case was detected earlier in the week and blamed the Ministry of poor communications and keeping the public in the dark.
Kenyan health authorities have so far also refused to name the countries to which five of the contact traces of the first case have travelled to, only stating that they had informed health authorities there according to WHO regulations.
Meanwhile is neighbouring Uganda watching the international reaction to the second confirmed case in Kenya with growing interest.
Uganda was almost immediately slapped with travel advisories and in particular a ‘Do not travel’ order by the United States – while banning the entry of Ugandans at the time – following which other countries followed suit and even issued Visa bans on Ugandans, such as the UAE and Canada.
Two regular sources of comments and information for ATCNews have already commented that, should the same measures not be applied to Kenya, it would finally become clear that the action taken against Uganda at the time was disproportionate and driven by ulterior motives beyond the actual health issue.
ATCNews continues to monitor the situation in Kenya and will try to establish which other countries the five traced individuals have travelled to and if they are under isolation in those countries – with added tracing of contacts also going on there.
