Kenya announces 2nd Ebola death, a close relative of the first patient
The health ministry said the outbreak has now reached four African countries, and officials traced 135 contacts with no evidence of community spread.
- Kenya recorded a second Ebola death on Friday, the health ministry said, as a 65-year-old woman died in quarantine in Nairobi after developing symptoms.
- Authorities traced 135 contacts after a man traveled from Congo and died in Nairobi on October 5, placing all individuals in quarantine to contain spread.
- Among nine confirmed cases, two deaths have occurred, the ministry said, with seven patients remaining in two isolation facilities and no evidence of community spread.
- Late on Monday, the State Department advised Americans to reconsider travel to Kenya, raising the travel advisory level for the country due to health risks.
- Across Africa, Ebola has spread to four countries, marking the widest geographic reach of any outbreak on the continent, while nearly 10,000 people have been infected in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Kenya reports second Ebola death, a close relative of first patient
Kenya’s health ministry announced the country’s second Ebola death on Friday, saying a 65-year-old woman who was a close relative of the first patient died after developing symptoms while in quarantine. The woman began showing symptoms 10 days ago and began receiving supportive care at an infectious disease unit in the capital, Nairobi. The ministry said medical personnel “did everything possible to save her life”, but she died Friday evening. H…
In Kenya, a second case of Ebola fever death was reported: a 65-year-old woman who had been in contact with the first infected reported by the Ministry of Health; a woman was a close relative and was in direct contact with the first deceased in Kenya; the symptoms of the disease appeared on 13 October while in quarantine, after which the patient was transferred to the infection unit, where she died on the evening of 23 October, to TASS. Accordin…
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Kenya announces 2nd Ebola death, a close relative of the first patient
Kenya’s Health Ministry has announced the country's second Ebola death. A 65-year-old woman, a close relative of the first patient, died after developing symptoms while in quarantine.
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