Kenya reports its second death from Ebola and buries the victim under strict safety measures
Kenya reported two confirmed Ebola cases and one death, linked to a single cluster of contacts. The first patient was a 40-year-old man in Nairobi. The outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed over 4,000 people and spread to eight provinces, with cases linked to the Bundibugyo strain.
- The woman's death was Kenya's second Ebola-related death.
- The total number of confirmed Ebola cases in Kenya is seven.
- More than 4,000 people have died from Ebola in DR Congo this year.
- Kenyan health authorities identified 128 contacts of the first patient.
- The outbreak in Congo spread to an eighth province.
- Kenya has tightened screening at border crossings and airports.
- The Kenyan Ministry of Health stated there was no evidence of wider community transmission.
- The second patient was a close relative of the first case.
- Authorities traced 128 of 130 identified contacts.
- Around 130 people were on the contact list after the first patient's death.
- The Health Ministry stated the two cases were linked.
- The Ministry of Health stated the risk to the general public remains low.
- All cases remain confined to a single cluster of known contacts.
- More than 4,000 people have been killed by the deadly virus in the DRC.
- Seven remaining patients continue to receive care in two isolation facilities.
- Kenya’s director-general for health, Patrick Amoth, said 38 people were tested and one tested positive for Ebola.
- Nigeria's Health Minister stated the Nigerian patient appears related to the first case in Kenya.
- The Ministry of Health announced the second death occurred.
- DR Congo’s health ministry confirmed two cases, including one death, in Nord-Ubangi province.
- The Ituri province has over 70 percent of confirmed cases since the outbreak began.
- Kenya's Health Ministry stated a relative of the first patient tested positive while in quarantine.
- The eighth case is a 49-year-old man who developed fever, headache, and muscle pain.
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