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Second Kenya Ebola case family member of first patient

Key points

  • Kenya has reported a second Ebola case, a 39-year-old man who is a close family member of the first patient. The health ministry said he was already in quarantine when he fell ill on Tuesday.
  • Both cases are linked, the ministry said, and there is no evidence of spread in the wider community. Authorities are assessing anyone who has been in contact with him, including health workers and quarantine centre staff.
  • The first case, a Kenyan man who had lived in the Democratic Republic of Congo, died in a Nairobi hospital about a week earlier.
Second Kenya Ebola case family member of first patient
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