Woman, 65, becomes second patient to die of Ebola in Kenya
Kenya has reported its second death from Ebola, involving a 65-year-old woman who was a close relative of the country's first victim. Health officials state the cases are contained within a single cluster with no evidence of community spread.
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The outbreak in Kenya poses a significant public health risk, prompting international travel warnings and heightened surveillance in neighboring East African nations.
Image source, Reuters Image caption, Travellers are subject to temperature checks at Kenyan border crossing-points
Kenya has recorded its second death from Ebola as it handles its first ever outbreak of the disease.
A woman, aged 65, who was a close family member of the first victim, a man who had travelled from the Democratic Republic of Congo, died after being placed in quarantine, the health ministry said.
Seven other Ebola patients were receiving treatment at two isolation facilities, it added.
All the cases were within "one cluster, with no evidence of community spread", the ministry said.
More than 4,000 people have died in Africa since Ebola was confirmed in DR Congo in May, making it the second most deadly outbreak of the disease.
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