Kenya’s Second Ebola Patient Was Already in Quarantine, Ministry Says
Source: Nairobi Wire
Summary
The Ministry of Health has confirmed a second case of the Bundibugyo Ebola virus disease in Kenya, noting that health teams detected the infection while the patient was already undergoing mandatory daily monitoring in quarantine. The patient, a 39-year-old male and close relative of Kenya’s index Ebola patient, developed a high fever, fatigue, and joint pains on October 13. Quarantine teams immediately isolated him and collected diagnostic samples, which returned matching positive results for the Bundibugyo strain at both the National Virology Reference Laboratory and the KEMRI-CDC laboratory. Health workers have since transferred the patient to a designated regional isolation The post Kenya’s Second Ebola Patient Was Already in Quarantine, Ministry Says appeared first on Nairobi Wire.