Wire reporting: (Reuters, via Arab News), (AP, via Local 10)

Kenya's health ministry said Friday that a 65-year-old woman had died of Ebola, the country's second confirmed death in the outbreak, Reuters, the Associated Press and Al Jazeera reported^{1,3,4,5,7,8,9,10}.

The woman developed symptoms while in quarantine and was a close relative of Kenya's first patient, the ministry said, according to Reuters, AP (via Local 10, ClickOrlando, ClickOnDetroit and KSAT) and Al Jazeera^{1,3,4,5,8,9,10}. AP said she began showing symptoms 10 days earlier and received supportive care at an infectious-disease unit in Nairobi^3,4,5,8,9.

AP, citing the ministry, said Kenya's first case was a 40-year-old Kenyan man who had been living in Congo, traveled via Uganda, arrived Oct. 3, tested positive at Nairobi Hospital on Oct. 5 and died the same day^3,4,5,9. Reuters likewise reported that the first patient had traveled from Congo to Nairobi and died Oct. 5^1,2. Al Jazeera said the first patient had traveled from Congo and died at a Nairobi hospital on Oct. 5¹⁰.

Reuters and Al Jazeera, citing the ministry, put Kenya at nine confirmed cases and 135 contacts in quarantine, with no evidence of community spread, and said the remaining seven patients were in two isolation facilities^1,10. Al Jazeera said all cases were within one cluster¹⁰. AP described 135 identified contacts of the first patient, 118 placed in quarantine, and eight who tested positive in quarantine, including four health workers and four close family members^3,4,5,9. AP said no new infections were reported and that some contacts who finish a 21-day quarantine without symptoms would be released starting Saturday^3,4,5,9. DW said seven people continue to receive treatment⁷.

Al Jazeera said Congo has reported more than 9,000 cases and more than 4,600 deaths since May, that the outbreak has been reported in four African countries, and that Nigeria became the fourth on Tuesday¹⁰. Reuters said the outbreak that began in Congo has been reported in four African countries¹. AP said Congo's outbreak has caused at least 4,000 deaths since May^3,4,5,9. Al Jazeera said Nigerian Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate said Friday that analysis showed Nigeria's case was closely related to the virus in Kenya's index case, and that Uganda on Saturday barred transit by travelers with a history of travel to Congo¹⁰. Not medical advice.

Sources

1. ReutersKenya reports second death from EbolaOct 23, 4:15 PM
2. (Reuters, via Arab News)Kenya reports second death from EbolaOct 23, 4:25 PM
3. (AP, via Local 10)Kenya announces 2nd Ebola death, a close relative of the first patientAlso (AP, via ClickOrlando), (AP, via ClickOnDetroit), (AP, via The Seattle Times), (AP, via SCMP), (AP, via KSAT)Oct 23, 4:52 PM
4. DWEbola: Kenya announces second deathOct 23, 5:09 PM
5. Al JazeeraKenya announces second Ebola death, says ‘no evidence’ of community spreadOct 23, 6:33 PM

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