Kenya on high alert as Ebola outbreak in DR Congo fuels border fears
Oct 19, 2026
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Kenya is on high alert as it races to contain Ebola.
Related to a deadly outbreak in the Diyang Sea,
the virus has reportedly claimed one life,
with two cases recorded.
At the Ugandan border, screenings are intensifying,
with travelers undergoing temperature checks and hand-washing measures.
People coming from Congo
and Rwanda travel through Uganda to get to Kenya,
and we are concerned the government needs to be keen
so that those people are screwed adequately
when getting into the country
because we are worried that we might be ferrying passengers
on wednesday kenya traced 128 contacts
and quarantine 108 at the busaya border residents
say the government must do more to stop
the outbreak in busaya there are so many illegal
entry points and if they
are only screening across the border it won't be
enough to contain Ebola.
I'm asking the government to find other ways to screen
because there are too many illegal routes
to get into Kenya from Uganda.
I'm asking the government
to use other techniques to contain Ebola.
The crisis in Congo is deepening.
The Health Ministry reports 9,066 confirmed
cases and 4,381 deaths.
The outbreak has now spread across seven provinces as fighting,
population displacement and critical shortages of medical supplies
make containment increasingly difficult.

