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Kenya reports second Ebola death, with seven patients still in care
Kenya has reported its second Ebola death, a 65-year-old woman who developed symptoms while in quarantine.
She was a close relative of a Kenyan man who died after becoming the country’s first identified case this month.
The man had travelled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Nairobi, where he died on October 5.
Kenya has confirmed nine cases, and seven patients remain in care at two isolation facilities.
Authorities have traced 135 contacts and say there is no evidence of community spread in Kenya.
The outbreak, which began in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has reached four African countries, the widest geographic spread of an Ebola outbreak on the continent to date.
The seven patients continue to receive care, while the authorities’ contact tracing and quarantine measures remain in place.
Kenya has reported its second Ebola death, a 65-year-old woman who developed symptoms while in quarantine.
Seven confirmed patients remain in care at two isolation facilities.
The woman was a close relative and direct contact of Kenya’s first identified Ebola patient, who died on October 5.
Kenyan authorities have traced 135 contacts and confirmed nine cases, including the two deaths.
The health ministry said there was no evidence of community spread in Kenya.
- Who
- A 65-year-old woman has died; seven other confirmed patients are receiving care.
- What
- Kenya reported its second Ebola death, among nine confirmed cases.
- When
- The woman died on Friday evening; the ministry reported the death on October 23.
- Where
- Kenya. The seven patients are being treated at two isolation facilities.
- Why
- The woman was a close relative and direct contact of Kenya’s first identified Ebola patient. The sources do not state the cause of her death beyond Ebola.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Kenya’s first identified Ebola patient, a man who had travelled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, died at a Nairobi hospital.
Kenyan authorities traced 135 contacts and placed them in quarantine; nine cases were confirmed.
The US State Department advised Americans to reconsider travel to Kenya and raised its travel advisory level.
Nigeria became the fourth African country to report an Ebola case.
Kenya’s second Ebola patient died, and the health ministry reported seven patients remained in care.
- Deaths
- 2 among 9 confirmed cases
- Patients in care
- 7 at 2 isolation facilities
- Contact tracing
- 135 contacts traced and placed in quarantine
- Second death
- 65-year-old woman who developed symptoms during quarantine
- First identified case
- Man died at a Nairobi hospital on October 5
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What people are saying
This loss brings the number of deaths to two among the nine confirmed cases. The remaining seven patients continue to receive care in the two isolation facilities,