Kenya has confirmed a second Ebola case in a 39-year-old close relative of the first victim. Officials say he was already in quarantine and there is no evidence of wider community spread.
01Summary
- 01Kenya's health ministry confirmed a second Ebola case 10 days after a businessman died of the virus.
- 02The new patient is a 39-year-old close relative of the first case and was already in quarantine when he fell ill on Tuesday.
- 03The first victim was a 40-year-old Kenyan man who died on 5 October after being diagnosed in Nairobi.
- 04Officials said the dead man had been in contact with 128 people, of whom 113 had been found by Tuesday.
- 05More than 4,000 people have died from Ebola in DR Congo this year, where the current outbreak began in May.
02Why it matters
The case shows Ebola has reached Kenya again through cross-border travel from DR Congo, raising the need for contact tracing and quarantine. Even so, officials say the infection appears contained so far.
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