Kenya confirms second Ebola case as relative of nation’s first sufferer

The 40-year-old Kenyan man who died on 5 October was identified with Ebola shortly after being admitted to hospital within the capital, Nairobi.

A relative had taken him there shortly after selecting him up on the airport. He had travelled from DR Congo, by means of Uganda to Kenya with out his sickness being detected.

Since his dying, officers had decided that he had been in touch with 128 folks – and since Tuesday 113 of them had been discovered, the well being ministry stated.

Of these, 108 had been in quarantine in Kenya and tracing of the remaining 15 continued, it stated.

More than 4,000 folks have died from Ebola in DR Congo this yr, in what’s the second most threatening identified outbreak thus far.

The Ebola virus spreads by means of contact with contaminated bodily fluids similar to blood or vomit.

The present outbreak in DR Congo, which started in May, has been attributable to the Bundibugyo species of Ebola, which is comparatively uncommon, with no accepted vaccine or therapy – although trials are beneath method.