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Kenya reports second Ebola death
A 65-year-old woman became the second person to die of Ebola in Kenya. She was a close relative of the first victim, who had traveled from DR Congo. Seven other patients are in isolation, and Nigeria has ordered strict screening at its entry points.
Why it matters
The outbreak has reached four African countries, raising the risk of wider spread through air travel.
Background
The outbreak began in DR Congo and has spread to an eighth Congolese province. Nigeria's patient, the wife of a Swiss diplomat, is believed to have been infected while in Uganda.
The story so far
- Kenya confirms first imported Ebola case in Nairobi
- Kenya confirms first imported Ebola case in Nairobi
- Kenya finds no new Ebola cases after 293 tests
- Kenya finds no new Ebola cases after 293 tests
- Kenya confirms a third Ebola case
- Kenya confirms four more Bundibugyo Ebola cases
- Kenya confirms eighth Ebola case as outbreak spreads in Congo
- Nigeria confirms first Ebola case in Abuja as outbreak spreads
- Nigeria confirms first Ebola case in over a decade
- Ebola cluster in Kenya rises to nine as Africa CDC traces Nigeria case
- Nigeria's Ebola patient identified as Swiss diplomat's wife
- Kenya reports second Ebola death
- Uganda orders Ebola quarantine as Nigeria widens contact tracing
- Ebola: patient evacuated from Nigeria; nurse killed in Congo
Sources
- BBC News ↗Oct 24, 5:46 AM ET
- The Guardian ↗Oct 23, 9:57 AM ET
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