Kenya confirms third Ebola case, a relative of the first patient who died
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October 16, 2026
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Kenya’s health ministry confirmed that a third person tested positive for Ebola on Friday while in quarantine after being identified as a known contact of the first patient, who died two days after arriving from Congo.
The ministry said in a statement that the third patient was a 65-year-old woman who is a relative of the 40-year-old man who died from Ebola on Oct. 5.
The woman has been in quarantine since Oct. 6 and developed symptoms before testing positive for the virus. She has since been transferred to the Infectious Disease Unit, the ministry said.
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