Kenya confirms four more Ebola cases, bringing total to seven - Al Jazeera
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Three health workers who treated the country’s first Ebola patient are among the latest confirmed cases. The Kenyan government says four new patients have tested positive for the Ebola Bundibugyo virus, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the East African nation to seven. Three of the new cases were among health workers who treated the country’s first patient, Kenya’s Ministry of Health said in a statement posted on X on Saturday. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Why single Ebola death in Kenya has prompted fears of wider African spreadlist 2 of 3DR Congo Ebola cases pass 9,000 as efforts to curb transmission falterlist 3 of 3Kenya records third Ebola case, linked to first patient who diedend of listThe fourth case is a relative of that same patient, who died from the disease, it added. The relative had been in quarantine since October 6, the ministry said. This comes a day after Kenya confirmed three cases in the country. The patient identified on Friday was a “primary contact and a close relative of the first and second cases”, the Health Ministry said.
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