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Kenya records second Ebola death as Nigeria confirms imported case

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 49 98 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 6 Oct 18:09 UTC · Kenya confirms first Ebola case after man dies in Nairobi 7 Oct 00:06 UTC · Kenya Confirms First Imported Ebola Case 7 Oct 12:10 UTC · Kenya Confirms First Ebola Case After Traveler From Congo Dies 8 Oct 00:09 UTC · Kenya confirms first Ebola case after traveler from Congo dies in Nairobi 8 Oct 06:40 UTC · Kenya Confirms First Ebola Case After Traveler From Congo Dies 8 Oct 18:14 UTC · Kenya Confirms First Ebola Case After Traveler From Congo Dies in Nairobi 9 Oct 12:19 UTC · Kenya Confirms First Ebola Case After Traveler From Congo Dies 15 Oct 00:23 UTC · Kenya confirms second Ebola case in quarantined relative 16 Oct 22:25 UTC · Kenya confirms third Ebola case, says no community spread detected 17 Oct 12:15 UTC · Kenya confirms third Ebola case linked to first patient 17 Oct 18:15 UTC · Kenya confirms four more Ebola cases, raising total to seven 20 Oct 12:20 UTC · US raises Kenya travel advisory after eighth Ebola case 20 Oct 18:19 UTC · Kenya confirms ninth Ebola case as contacts remain in quarantine 21 Oct 00:10 UTC · Nigeria Confirms First Ebola Case in Current Outbreak 21 Oct 06:10 UTC · Nigeria Confirms Ebola Case in Abuja, Begins Tracing 44 Contacts 21 Oct 18:20 UTC · Nigeria confirms first Ebola case as Kenya reports ninth infection 22 Oct 12:19 UTC · Nigeria confirms imported Ebola case as Kenya outbreak reaches nine infections 24 Oct 00:16 UTC · Kenya records second Ebola death as Nigeria confirms imported case

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 18 HEADLINES

  1. 6 Oct, 18:09 UTC

    Kenya confirms first Ebola case after man dies in Nairobi

  2. 7 Oct, 00:06 UTC

    Kenya Confirms First Imported Ebola Case

  3. 7 Oct, 12:10 UTC

    Kenya Confirms First Ebola Case After Traveler From Congo Dies

  4. 8 Oct, 00:09 UTC

    Kenya confirms first Ebola case after traveler from Congo dies in Nairobi

  5. 8 Oct, 06:40 UTC

    Kenya Confirms First Ebola Case After Traveler From Congo Dies

  6. 8 Oct, 18:14 UTC

    Kenya Confirms First Ebola Case After Traveler From Congo Dies in Nairobi

  7. 9 Oct, 12:19 UTC

    Kenya Confirms First Ebola Case After Traveler From Congo Dies

  8. 15 Oct, 00:23 UTC

    Kenya confirms second Ebola case in quarantined relative

  9. 16 Oct, 22:25 UTC

    Kenya confirms third Ebola case, says no community spread detected

  10. 17 Oct, 12:15 UTC

    Kenya confirms third Ebola case linked to first patient

  11. 17 Oct, 18:15 UTC

    Kenya confirms four more Ebola cases, raising total to seven

  12. 20 Oct, 12:20 UTC

    US raises Kenya travel advisory after eighth Ebola case

  13. 20 Oct, 18:19 UTC

    Kenya confirms ninth Ebola case as contacts remain in quarantine

  14. 21 Oct, 00:10 UTC

    Nigeria Confirms First Ebola Case in Current Outbreak

  15. 21 Oct, 06:10 UTC

    Nigeria Confirms Ebola Case in Abuja, Begins Tracing 44 Contacts

  16. 21 Oct, 18:20 UTC

    Nigeria confirms first Ebola case as Kenya reports ninth infection

  17. 22 Oct, 12:19 UTC

    Nigeria confirms imported Ebola case as Kenya outbreak reaches nine infections

  18. 24 Oct, 00:16 UTC

    Kenya records second Ebola death as Nigeria confirms imported case

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Disease Control · 7 outlets
  • Patrick Amoth · 4 outlets
  • 4,000 people died · 2 outlets
  • Alan Kasujja · 2 outlets
  • In Kenya · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Jean Kaseya · from 16 Oct 18:57, 4 outlets
  • 128 contacts linked · from 14 Oct 21:04, 2 outlets
  • 8 hospital attendant · from 19 Oct 10:00, 2 outlets
  • Muhammad Pate · from 20 Oct 20:48, 2 outlets
  • 10 days ago · from 23 Oct 21:09, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • confirmed cases: 7,890 (1 from 6 Oct 18:53) → 8,665 (1 from 8 Oct 15:03) → 8,700 (1 from 21 Oct 01:06) → 9,700 (1 from 23 Oct 21:09)
  • health workers: 5,000 (3 from 6 Oct 18:53) → 3 (1 from 17 Oct 20:45)
  • healthcare workers: 21 (1 from 6 Oct 22:28) → 4,971 (1 from 15 Oct 02:45) → 5,000 (1 from 20 Oct 23:41)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.