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Kenya confirms a second Ebola case, a relative of the first

The second patient is a thirty-nine-year-old relative of the first, and officials fear the infection could spread across borders in East Africa; contact tracing is next.

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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Nairobi today, Kenya's health ministry confirmed a second Ebola case, a thirty-nine-year-old man who is a relative of the first patient, according to Al Jazeera.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe link between the two cases is what worries health officials, because it raises the possibility of spread across borders in East Africa.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA relative of the first case.

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorYes. Families are exactly where tracing begins, and it's where the ministry will be watching closely in the coming days.

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The story so far

  1. Kenya Ebola: First Death, Screening Lapses Questioned · Al Jazeera
  2. Al Jazeera: Single Ebola Death in Kenya Stokes Spread Fears · Al Jazeera
  3. Questions remain over Ebola patient who crossed three nations · BBC
  4. Congo's confirmed Ebola cases exceed 9,000 as containment efforts… · ABC News
  5. Ebola count tops 9,000 as mistrust slows the response · Al Jazeera
  6. Ebola outbreak in Congo passes 9,000 confirmed cases · New York Post
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