肯尼亚周一释放了首批与其首例埃博拉患者有过接触的人员，这是其将病例控制在单一感染簇努力中的一个里程碑。肯尼亚卫生部总干事帕特里克·阿莫斯在一份声明中说，这20名获释人员完成了21天的监测，未出现埃博拉症状，身体状况良好。肯尼亚确诊第二例埃博拉死亡病例，病例数上升肯尼亚迄今报告了9例埃博拉病例，其中2人死亡。阿莫斯说，其余7名患者病情稳定，正在接受治疗，并补充说，仍在隔离中的另外98人将从11月3日起分四批获释。
Kenya on Monday released from quarantine the first group of people who came into contact with its index Ebola patient, a milestone in its efforts to contain cases to a single infection cluster. The 20 people released completed 21 days of monitoring without developing Ebola symptoms and are in good health, the director-general in Kenya's health ministry, Patrick Amoth, said in a statement. Kenya confirms second Ebola death as cases riseKenya has reported nine Ebola cases so far, two of whom have died. The remaining seven patients are stable and receiving treatment, Amoth said, adding that 98 others still in quarantine would be released in four waves beginning on November 3."
阿莫斯说：“这是一个值得庆祝的里程碑，也是提醒我们工作尚未完成。”
This is a milestone worth celebrating," Amoth said. "It is also a reminder that the work is not yet done."
肯尼亚首例病例于10月5日在内罗毕一家医院死亡，随后另有8人在隔离期间发病。肯尼亚周五宣布第二人死亡。肯尼亚埃博拉病例增至8例，尚无社区传播埃博拉从刚果（民主刚果）传播至肯尼亚——刚果于5月中旬宣布爆发疫情——引发了对边境筛查漏洞的担忧。
Kenya's first case died in a hospital in Nairobi on October 5, after which eight others fell ill while in quarantine. It announced on Friday that a second person had died. Kenya’s Ebola cases hit 8, with no community transmission yetEbola's spread from Congo, where the outbreak was declared in mid-May, to Kenya has raised concerns about lapses in border screening.
尼日利亚称，其十多年来首例埃博拉病例（上周报告）经基因组分析显示，似乎与肯尼亚首例病例密切相关。这两例病例均于10月初同一天从乌干达恩德培机场乘机离境。肯尼亚确诊首例埃博拉病例，自刚果返程男子死亡阿莫斯说，解除隔离的人员不会对其家庭或所在社区构成风险，并呼吁肯尼亚人欢迎他们回家。他说：“我们不能放松警惕。”
Nigeria has said its first Ebola case in more than a decade, which it reported last week, appears to be closely related to Kenya's index case, citing genomic analysis. The two cases both flew out of Uganda's Entebbe airport on the same day in early October. Kenya confirms first Ebola case after man who travelled from Congo diesAmoth said those leaving quarantine posed no risk to their families or communities where they live and urged Kenyans to welcome them home. "We cannot afford to drop our vigilance," he said.