Nine confirmed cases. That is the number that has prompted the United States government to advise its citizens to reconsider travelling to Kenya, raising fresh anxiety about an Ebola outbreak in the country.
The Kenyan government has moved quickly to reassure both residents and visitors that the situation is being managed. Officials are pushing back against what they see as an outsized alarm, urging calm while response efforts continue on the ground.
For now, the tension sits between two very different messages: a cautious travel advisory from Washington, and a steady reassurance from Nairobi. Which one the world chooses to believe will shape how Kenya's tourism and daily life hold up in the weeks ahead.
Originally published by BBC Africa.