Kenya has discharged its last Ebola patient, triggering a 42-day countdown before the country can be declared Ebola-free.

Kenya has reported nine Ebola cases since early October, when a Kenyan man tested positive for the disease and died after arriving from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

DRC is where a large outbreak was declared in May.

No new infections have been recorded since October 19.

Kenya will now require citizens arriving from the DRC to undergo a 21-day quarantine.

–ChannelAfrica–