Kenya announces second Ebola death, says ‘no evidence’ of community spread

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OMS alerta que surto de Ebola “mais complexo” agora está presente em 3 países africanos.

The Kenyan Ministry of Health said on Friday that the latest death was that of a 65-year-old woman who had developed symptoms during quarantine and was a close relative of a Kenyan man who died ⁠⁠of Ebola earlier this month.

O ministério acrescentou que o Quênia atualmente tem sete casos de Ebola em tratamento em duas unidades de isolamento.

All the cases are within “one cluster, with no evidence of community spread”, it added.

O primeiro caso de Ebola no Quênia foi identificado este mês em um homem que viajou da RDC para o Quênia e morreu em um hospital de Nairobi em 5 de outubro.

Since then, Kenyan authorities have traced 135 contacts, all of whom were placed in quarantine, with nine cases confirmed, including the two patients who died.

The DRC declared its 17th Ebola outbreak in May and has since reported more than 9,000 cases and more than 4,600 deaths. The deadly disease has killed more than 15,000 people in Africa over the past 50 years.

The current outbreak has now been reported in four countries across eastern, central ⁠⁠and western Africa, giving it the widest geographic spread of any Ebola outbreak on the continent to date.

On Tuesday, Nigeria became the fourth ⁠⁠African country to report an Ebola case. Nigerian Health Minister Muhammad ⁠⁠Ali Pate said on Friday that an analysis showed the case was closely ‌‌related to the virus detected in the index case ⁠⁠in Kenya.

Uganda anunciou no sábado que viajantes com histórico de viagens à DRC não serão permitidos a transitar pela nação do Leste Africano.

Uganda had recorded 20 people infected, almost all of whom had travelled from DRC, and two deaths before being declared Ebola-free in August.

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