Kenya confirms a ninth Ebola case, linked to the outbreak in the DRC, but officials say there is no evidence of transmission beyond the initial cluster.
01Summary
- 01A 24-year-old man in quarantine tested positive for Ebola on Tuesday, bringing Kenya's total to nine cases.
- 02He was a close family member of Kenya's first Ebola patient, who died on October 5 after travelling from the DRC through Uganda.
- 03Eight patients are stable, and 134 of 135 contacts have been traced and quarantined, according to Director-General Patrick Amoth.
- 04No infections have occurred within quarantine facilities, and Kenya has not imposed travel or trade restrictions.
- 05The DRC has recorded over 9,000 Ebola cases and 4,000 deaths since May, in the second-largest epidemic on record.
02Why it matters
This matters because the outbreak highlights the risk of cross-border spread from the DRC, though effective quarantine measures have so far contained the cluster in Kenya.
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