Health workers during a training by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to reinforce regional emergency response capacity for Ebola in the DRC at Ongata Rongai, Kajiado County in Kenya on July 10, 2026. [AFP]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed that a second American infected with the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola has been transferred to Germany for treatment, ending speculation that Kenya's Nanyuki facility would receive Ebola patients.
In a fresh update, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the organisation provided clinical care to the US humanitarian worker who was diagnosed with Ebola in Bunia, Ituri Province, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, before arranging a medical evacuation to Germany.
"WHO has provided clinical care and close monitoring to a second US citizen a humanitarian worker in eastern DRC's Ituri provincial capital of Bunia who has been confirmed with Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease. The patient has been safely transferred to Germany for continued follow-up care."
The announcement effectively puts to rest claims linking Kenya's Ebola preparedness facility in Nanyuki to the treatment of infected foreign patients.
