Second Ebola patient dies in Kenya
In Kenya died 65-year-old woman infected with Ebola
A 65-year-old woman has died in Kenya after contracting Ebola. She was the second victim of the disease in the country, the health ministry said.
According to the agency, the woman was a close relative of the first deceased patient and was in contact with him. She developed symptoms on October 13, when she was in quarantine. She was then hospitalized in an infectious disease unit. Despite treatment, the patient died on October 23.
In total, nine cases of Ebola infection have been confirmed in the country, two of them ended in death. Another seven patients are being treated in two isolation facilities.
The Ministry noted that all patients are part of one group of known contact persons. According to the Agency, evidence of the spread of infection among the population yet.
The authorities also organize the funeral of the deceased in compliance with sanitary and epidemiological requirements.
The first case was reported in Kenya on October 6. The man had previously lived in the Democratic Republic of Congo and arrived in Kenya via Uganda on October 3. He died on October 5.
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