Kenya's health ministry has confirmed a second case of Ebola, 10 days after a businessman died from the virus. The new patient, a 39-year-old man, is a close relative of the first case and was already in quarantine when he became ill on Tuesday.
The ministry stated that detecting the illness early improved his chances of recovery and limited the risk of transmission to others. It urged the public to "stay calm but vigilant," adding that "both cases are linked, and there is no evidence of spread in the wider community."
The first victim, a 40-year-old Kenyan man, died on 5 October after being diagnosed with Ebola shortly after admission to a Nairobi hospital. He had travelled from the Democratic Republic of Congo, through Uganda, to Kenya without his illness being detected.
Officials have identified 128 contacts of the first case, with 113 located since Tuesday. Of these, 108 are in quarantine in Kenya, and tracing continues for the remaining 15. The current Ebola outbreak in DR Congo, which began in May, has caused over 4,000 deaths this year and is attributed to the rare Bundibugyo species, for which there is no approved vaccine or treatment.