Second Kenya Ebola Case Family Member of First Patient
The 39-year-old man was already in quarantine when symptoms appeared, and health officials traced at least 57 contacts after the first case.
- Kenya confirmed a second Ebola case on Wednesday, involving a 39-year-old man who was already in quarantine when symptoms appeared Tuesday, the Ministry of Health said.
- Of 128 contacts identified following the first patient's death on October 5, officials have located 113, with 108 currently in quarantine as authorities trace the remaining 15.
- The first patient traveled from the DRC through Uganda to Kenya undetected, sparking regional concerns about border screening systems and the effectiveness of temperature-check screenings.
- Officials urged the public to "stay calm but vigilant" while reporting no evidence of wider community spread, advising residents to seek immediate care if experiencing fever or muscle pain.
- Kenya's Director-General for Health Patrick Amoth scheduled meetings with officials from the DRC, Uganda, and the Africa CDC to investigate how the first patient bypassed detection at border points.
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Second Kenya Ebola case family member of first patient
The Kenyan health ministry has confirmed a second case of the Ebola virus in the current outbreak raging...
Kenya confirms 2nd case of Ebola in relative of patient who died earlier this month
Kenya's Health Ministry confirmed the country's second Ebola case Wednesday, saying a relative of the man who died two days after arriving from Congo had tested positive while in quarantine.
KENYA has confirmed a second case of Ebola in a man who is a close relative of the first victim. The patient was already in quarantine. Both cases are related to the epidemic in the DR Congo. The authorities call for caution.
Kenya announced on Wednesday its second case of Ebola in the country — a family member of patient zero — but stated that it had not detected "no large-scale contagion" in the national territory. According to a statement from the Ministry of Health, the 39-year-old patient, who was a case monitored as a contact and was already in quarantine, was placed in isolation after presenting symptoms such as "fever, tiredness and joint pains", characterist…
Kenya has recorded its second case of Ebola, about a week after confirming the country's first case of the virus, the health ministry said, as quoted by Reuters. The new patient is a 39-year-old man, a close relative of the first infected person. He was already in quarantine when he showed symptoms of the disease yesterday, health authorities said. The first case was found in a Kenyan man who lived in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The man …
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