Kenya has reported a second death from Ebola, a 65-year-old woman who was a close family member of the index case. The victim was the third confirmed case in the country and developed symptoms while in quarantine on Oct. 13, according to the East African nation's health ministry. The ministry stated that this loss brings the total deaths to two among the nine confirmed cases. The remaining seven patients continue to receive care in two isolation facilities.
Kenya's first case was linked to travel from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where confirmed infections from the Bundibugyo strain have risen above 9,700 cases and 4,700 deaths. The index patient had been ill for weeks and received care at several facilities in Congo before traveling by road through Uganda and flying from Entebbe to Nairobi on Oct. 3. Kenya's infections have remained in a single cluster associated with that first patient. While authorities initially struggled to trace his contacts, they have now located and quarantined all of them. From Congo, the disease has now spread to three other countries -- most recently Nigeria -- and is the second-biggest outbreak in history.
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