Washington raises threat level as Nairobi records eighth case of highly infectious virus

Ben Farmer

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Ben is based in South Africa and also works on The Telegraph's Global Health Security team. He spent five years in Kabul covering the Afghanistan war, five years as Defence Correspondent in London, and four years in Islamabad

Published 20 October 2026 3:54pm BST

The United States has urged citizens to reconsider travel to Kenya, raising its travel alert level after the country reported an eighth case of Ebola.

The East African nation has recorded a rash of cases linked to a Kenyan businessman who died after travelling from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

DRC is currently enduring the second worst Ebola outbreak on record with more than 4,000 deaths since May, though the true toll is thought to be far higher.

“The level was changed from Level 2 to Level 3 due to health risks,” the US embassy in Kenya said, a day after the State Department issued renewed travel…