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Kenya confirms second Ebola case linked to first

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 14 Oct, 20:02 · Archive

Kenya has confirmed a second Ebola case, a 39-year-old family member of the first patient.

Kenya has confirmed a second case of Ebola, a 39-year-old man who is a close family member of the first patient. He was already in quarantine when he developed symptoms including fever, fatigue and joint pains on Tuesday and was isolated immediately. The health ministry said both cases are linked and there is no evidence of spread in the wider community.

The first case involved a Kenyan who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo and died in a Nairobi hospital about a week ago. He had been ill in DR Congo about a month before travelling by road to Uganda and then flying to Nairobi on October 3. The case raised concerns about lapses in border screening systems, as the patient was able to cross the border between DR Congo and Uganda, which has been closed since May.

Kenya is the fourth country to register a case linked to the Ebola epidemic in DR Congo, which has about 9,000 cases and more than 4,000 deaths, making it the second-largest Ebola outbreak on record. Kenyan authorities have located 113 out of 128 contacts of the first patient, with 108 people in quarantine. Five contacts are outside Kenya and health authorities in those countries have been informed. Authorities are tracing the remaining 15 contacts and assessing anyone in contact with the second patient, including health workers and quarantine centre staff.

Kenya confirms second Ebola case linked to first
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