Kenya Ebola Outbreak
Kenya has reported nine confirmed Ebola cases, including two deaths, all epidemiologically linked to the initial case.
Severity score
6.6
Limited · default weighting
Trajectory
Steady
What this is
The ECDC reports that Kenya had recorded nine confirmed Ebola cases as of 26 October. Two patients had died.
All reported cases were linked to the first case, suggesting a contained chain at the reporting date, although Ebola's severity warrants continued monitoring.
Score breakdown
Each factor is a 0–100 relative severity index, not the raw figure or a specific time period. The actual counts and periods are listed under "Standardized Impact" on the right.
Loss of life
5Direct and attributable mortality, normalised across annual and cumulative tolls.
Lives negatively impacted
4People displaced, injured, food-insecure, exposed or otherwise materially harmed.
Financial cost
6Direct damage, lost output and health-system spend attributable to the event.
Environmental impact
3Emissions, habitat and biodiversity loss, contamination and irreversibility.
Trajectory
24Whether the situation is escalating, and how much worse it is plausibly getting.
Recent coverage
- 28 Oct 2026ecdc.europa.euEbola disease: Multi-country outbreak 2026 - ECDC
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