00:15Today marks 37 days since Kenya confirmed its first case of Ebola and I
00:22sign before you with a deep sense of gratitude and pride. On the 6th of
00:29November, the Director General of Health, Dr. Moth, reported that a sick patient has recovered and that only one patient
00:40remained under care. Today the last patient under treatment for Ebola, most of the virus disease in Kenya, has been
00:53discharged.
00:53He has been discharged, healthy and free of the virus. In addition, the last 11 contacts in the current time
01:07have returned home to their families today, having completed their monitoring in good health.
01:16And for the first time since this outbreak began, Kenya has had no patient under treatment and no contact in
01:28current time.
01:32Eight people tested positive for the virus, four family members of the first patient and four healthcare workers who had
01:43cared for him before the disease was suspected.
01:48Every one of them was already in quarantine when they fell in. The single fact that made the difference, it
01:57meant that the virus had nowhere to go and that there was never any community transmission in Kenya.
02:06The last case was confirmed. The last case was confirmed 23 days ago on the 19th of October, 2026. And
02:15no new case has been recorded since then.
02:20We also experienced loss. Two of our patients did not survive the disease. We mourned them and once again extend
02:29our heartfelt condolences to their families.
02:33Okay. We chose transparency from the very first hour. We reported early. We published our figures. We shared our data.
02:48We kept our borders open as the international health regulations require.
02:54Regrettably, some jurisdictions responded to that honesty, to that transparency and accountability with a blanket travel and visa restriction on
03:06Kenya.
03:07Today I call upon those jurisdictions to review and lift these measures without delay.
03:19We have medicines that are being used on investigative framework. And they have demonstrated some efficacy. And that is what
03:34we used. We used a monoclonal antibody, what we call MBP-134.
03:39A single shot of the monoclonal antibody. That was followed by a 10-day course of Veclory or Remdesivir, a
03:52product that was initially designed for treatment of COVID, but has been shown in some trials to be able to
04:01act on this particular strain.
04:04On top of that, of course, we offered supportive therapy. On top of that, of course, we offered supportive therapy
04:08in terms of nutrition, if your blood level was low, if it required a transfusion, if it required intellectual support,
04:15whatever other supportive measures were also put in place. But these are the two molecules that we use.
04:27It marks a significant milestone in our collective response to the Ebola outbreak. We gather to celebrate the discharge of
04:39the last Ebola patient from the treatment facility, an important achievement for Kenya, and a testament to the dedication, professionalism,
04:49and resilience of all those involved.
04:52In the response.
04:57Through rapid detection, prompt isolation and treatment, rigorous contact tracing, infection prevention and control measures, laboratory confirmation, risk communication and
05:10community engagement, the country has demonstrated that Ebola spread can be limited to coordinated action.
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05:30Thank you and again.
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