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Kenya records first Ebola death as Congo outbreak surpasses 8,000 cases

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 20 41 1 Oct 2 Oct 3 Oct 4 Oct 5 Oct 6 Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 6 Oct 18:22 UTC · DR Congo Ebola death toll passes 4,000 as outbreak spreads regionally 7 Oct 06:38 UTC · DR Congo Ebola death toll passes 4,000 as Kenya records first fatality 7 Oct 12:16 UTC · Kenya records first Ebola death as Congo outbreak surpasses 8,000 cases

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 3 HEADLINES

  1. 6 Oct, 18:22 UTC

    DR Congo Ebola death toll passes 4,000 as outbreak spreads regionally

  2. 7 Oct, 06:38 UTC

    DR Congo Ebola death toll passes 4,000 as Kenya records first fatality

  3. 7 Oct, 12:16 UTC

    Kenya records first Ebola death as Congo outbreak surpasses 8,000 cases

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Sierra Leone · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Nothing new took hold after the first third.