Kenya confirms second Ebola case, a relative of first patient

Kenya’s Health Min­istry con­firmed the coun­try’s sec­ond Ebo­la case Wednes­day, say­ing a rel­a­tive of the man who died two days af­ter ar­riv­ing from Con­go had test­ed pos­i­tive while in quar­an­tine.

The min­istry said the 39-year-old man had been iden­ti­fied as a close rel­a­tive of Kenya’s first Ebo­la case and de­vel­oped symp­toms Tues­day.

The first pa­tient, a 40-year-old Kenyan, had been liv­ing in Con­go, where he fell ill and was treat­ed at two health fa­cil­i­ties. He trav­elled through three Ebo­la-af­fect­ed provinces be­fore leav­ing the coun­try and ar­riv­ing in neigh­bour­ing Ugan­da on Oct. 1. He flew to Kenya, where a rel­a­tive picked him up at the air­port and drove him to a hos­pi­tal. He be­gan re­ceiv­ing treat­ment and test­ed pos­i­tive for Ebo­la on Oct. 5. He died that day.