Kenya Confirms Four More Ebola Cases, Total Seven; Uganda Begins Vaccine Trial
Photo: The New York TimesHow the sides differ Left sources stress that Kenya's total of seven cases is its first Ebola outbreak; alternative sources highlight infected health workers and a Ugandan vaccine trial.
Kenya has confirmed four new Ebola cases, bringing the number of confirmed infections in the country to seven. According to the reports, Kenya had never recorded a case of the deadly virus before this month. Three of the latest confirmed cases are health workers who had treated the country's first Ebola patient.
The wider regional picture comes from reporting on Uganda, where the southern town of Masaka is running a Phase 1 trial of a vaccine candidate against the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola. That strain is described as circulating in the region, and there is currently no approved treatment or vaccine for it. The excerpts do not say which strain is involved in Kenya, and they do not link the Kenyan cases to the Ugandan trial. They also give no information on official responses or next steps in Kenya. The coverage differs mainly in emphasis. The left-leaning outlet stresses that Kenya had no prior Ebola cases, while Al Jazeera focuses on infections among health workers, and France 24 centers on vaccine research in Uganda.
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The New York Times leads with the confirmation of seven Ebola infections in Kenya, stressing that the country had never recorded cases of the virus before this month. No individual voices are featured in the excerpt.
- France 24Uganda launches Ebola vaccine trial
Al Jazeera reports the four new Kenyan cases and highlights that three are health workers who treated the first patient. France 24 covers a Phase 1 vaccine trial in Masaka, Uganda, noting no approved vaccine exists for the strain.
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