Overview
- The Ministry of Health reported a second confirmed Ebola infection in a 39-year-old close family contact of the first Kenyan case who returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo and later died in a Nairobi hospital.
- Authorities say the second patient developed fever and other symptoms while under quarantine and was isolated immediately, and the two infections are epidemiologically linked.
- Kenya has identified 128 people who had contact with the first patient and has traced 113 of them, with most contacts placed under monitoring or quarantine.
- Officials report no evidence so far of wider community transmission in Kenya and emphasize that early detection, isolation and contact tracing are central to containment.
- The cases are tied to a large DRC outbreak that has exceeded roughly 9,000 cases and more than 4,300 deaths, underscoring cross-border infection risk and the need for coordinated regional response.