Kenya confirms ninth Ebola case as contacts remain in quarantine
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Kenya has confirmed a ninth Ebola infection, with all cases linked to the country’s first patient, who died in Nairobi on October 5 after travelling from the Democratic Republic of Congo through Uganda.
The latest patient is a 24-year-old man and close relative of the first patient. He was already in quarantine when he developed symptoms and was isolated, tested and placed on treatment, Kenya’s Ministry of Health said Tuesday.
Director-General for Health Patrick Amoth said eight patients were stable and responding to treatment. Authorities have traced and quarantined 134 of 135 identified contacts, and the ministry said there was no evidence of transmission outside the cluster or within quarantine facilities. Most contacts who remain well through the 21-day monitoring period are expected to begin leaving quarantine from October 25.
The first patient, a Kenyan businessman who had lived in the DRC, arrived in Kenya in early October and became the country’s first recorded Ebola death. Subsequent infections have involved relatives and medical personnel connected to him.
Kenya has not restricted travel, trade or public gatherings. However, the United States raised its travel advisory for Kenya to Level 3, urging citizens to reconsider travel because of health and other risks.
The Kenyan cluster is linked to an outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain in the DRC, where authorities have reported more than 9,000 infections and over 4,000 deaths since May.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Change “the other eight patients” to “eight patients” so the patient count matches the source. - "Director-General for Health Patrick Amoth said the other eight patients were stable and responding to treatment.": The source says eight patients in total were stable, not eight patients in addition to the latest patient; the latter reading would conflict with the death of the first patient.
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Kenya confirms ninth Ebola case as contacts remain in quarantine
Kenya has confirmed a ninth Ebola infection, with all cases linked to the country’s first patient, who died in Nairobi on October 5 after travelling from the Democratic Republic of Congo through Uganda.
The latest patient is a 24-year-old man and close relative of the first patient. He was already in quarantine when he developed symptoms and was isolated, tested and placed on treatment, Kenya’s Ministry of Health said Tuesday.
Director-General for Health Patrick Amoth said the other eight patients were stable and responding to treatment. Authorities have traced and quarantined 134 of 135 identified contacts, and the ministry said there was no evidence of transmission outside the cluster or within quarantine facilities. Most contacts who remain well through the 21-day monitoring period are expected to begin leaving quarantine from October 25.
The first patient, a Kenyan businessman who had lived in the DRC, arrived in Kenya in early October and became the country’s first recorded Ebola death. Subsequent infections have involved relatives and medical personnel connected to him.
Kenya has not restricted travel, trade or public gatherings. However, the United States raised its travel advisory for Kenya to Level 3, urging citizens to reconsider travel because of health and other risks.
The Kenyan cluster is linked to an outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain in the DRC, where authorities have reported more than 9,000 infections and over 4,000 deaths since May.
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