Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
12%
2 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
60/100
Al Jazeera's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
5
World
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Kenyan health authorities say an eighth Ebola case has been detected, bringing the total number of known infections in the East African nation to eight.
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case → say → eight
Director-General for Health Patrick Amoth told Kenya’s Citizen TV that of the 38 people tested on Sunday, one had returned a positive result.
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one → tell → result
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who → record → patient
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cases → confirm → Nairobi
He developed fever, headache and muscle pain,” he said.
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he → develop → fever
Amoth said the man, who worked as a patient attendant cleaning utensils and linens, was likely exposed to Kenya’s first Ebola case, discovered earlier this month.
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who → say → case
He developed symptoms on Saturday, was quarantined and tested for the virus, a Ministry of Health source said.
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source → develop → Health
The ministry reported four new cases on Saturday, three of whom were health workers who treated the country’s first Ebola patient, a man who travelled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to Nairobi and died at a Nairobi hospital on October 5.
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who → report → October
In a post on X, the ministry said the fourth person was related to the deceased patient.
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person → say → patient
Kenya has been on heightened alert, as the Ebola outbreak has spilled across the border from the DRC.
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outbreak → heighten → DRC
The current outbreak is of the Bundibugyo strain of the virus, for which there is no vaccine or specific treatment.
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outbreak → be → which
The DRC has recorded at least 9,400 cases, including more than 4,500 deaths, in the deadliest outbreak in the country’s history, which started in May.
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which → record → May
Ituri province in eastern DRC remains the disease’s epicentre, accounting for almost three quarters of confirmed cases, according to the government’s most recent data.
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province → remain → data
It announced on Sunday that the virus has reached an eighth province, North Ubangi.
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virus → announce → province
State-run news agency ACP reported on Sunday that authorities in North Kivu province, where the World Health Organization said substantial transmission continues, are introducing a one-week ban from Monday on people entering the province from Ituri in an effort to slow the spread.
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transmission → report → spread
Other measures set to be introduced include restrictions on passenger numbers in cars and on motorbikes and suspension of large public gatherings.
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measures → set → gatherings
Neighbouring Uganda recorded 20 confirmed cases, including 15 imported from the DRC, and two deaths, before it was declared Ebola-free in August.
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it → neighbour → August
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