Kenya's Ministry of Health confirmed four new cases of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease on 18 October 2026, raising the country's total to seven as health workers at the One Stop Border Post in Busia screened travellers entering the country.
At the One Stop Border Post in Busia, health officials conducted temperature checks on all travellers entering Kenya as of 16 October 2026, part of intensified measures to contain the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak before it spreads into the community.
Kenya has strengthened Ebola screening and control measures at all its border crossings following the confirmation of seven Ebola Bundibugyo cases, with health officials in Busia checking temperatures of all incoming travellers as of 16 October 2026.
Kenya's public health authorities are racing to prevent community transmission of Ebola Bundibugyo, with border surveillance at Busia — a key crossing between Kenya and Uganda — forming a critical line of defence as the case count climbed to seven by 18 October 2026.