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Kenya confirms new Ebola case, total at nine, health ministry says
Officials said 134 of 135 contacts have been quarantined as Kenya contains a single Ebola cluster with no evidence of wider spread.
- On Tuesday, the Ministry confirmed a 9th Ebola case, a 24-year-old relative of the first patient who tested positive while already in quarantine; all nine cases remain confined to one known cluster.
- The outbreak began earlier this month when a traveler from the Democratic Republic of Congo died at a Nairobi hospital on October 5, with officials reporting no evidence of transmission beyond this group.
- Contact tracing efforts have identified 135 individuals, with 134 currently quarantined, representing 99.3 per cent of contacts, while the Ministry distributed supplies to 12 very high-risk and 16 high-risk counties.
- Health Director General Patrick Amoth reported that remaining patients are stable and responding well to treatment, with the first group of contacts scheduled to return home from October 25.
- The US State Department recently advised Americans to reconsider travel to Kenya, while the Ministry continues urging citizens to seek medical attention for symptoms by calling the toll-free number 719.
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lrytas.ltKenyan authorities have detected a ninth case of Ebola virus disease in the country, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday.
·Vilnius, Lithuania
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The Ministry of Health of Kenya announced today that a new Ebola virus infection had been recorded, raising the total number of infections to nine. The Ministry added that the most recent injury was to a family member close to the first patient, who was already quarantined. The Director General of Health, Patrick Amoth, said in a statement: "The nine cases belong entirely to one group, and to date there is no evidence of transmission outside thi…
Officials report eight patients improving, with 134 of 135 contacts traced, quarantined
·Ankara, Türkiye
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Kenya confirms new Ebola case, total at nine, health ministry says
·London, United Kingdom
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