🇰🇪 Kenya confirms second Ebola case linked to first victim

Kenya has confirmed a second Ebola case, 10 days after a 40-year-old businessman died of the virus on 5 October after travelling from the Democratic Republic of Congo through Uganda to Nairobi. The new patient is a 39-year-old close relative of the first case who was already in quarantine when he fell ill on Tuesday, according to the health ministry.

The ministry said both cases are linked and there is no evidence of wider community transmission. Officials identified 128 contacts of the first patient, with 113 traced since Tuesday, including 108 in quarantine in Kenya, while tracing of the remaining 15 continued.

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