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Kenya's Ebola patient linked to first case; no community spread found

The sixty-five-year-old woman has the Bundibugyo strain, and Nairobi says there are no signs of community transmission so far; officials have not given contact numbers.

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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Nairobi, Kenya's health ministry says its third confirmed Ebola patient, a sixty-five-year-old woman, is in quarantine with the Bundibugyo strain, and that there are no signs of community transmission.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAl Jazeera reports she is linked to the first patient, who died.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThat link matters, because it suggests health workers know where this chain began and can trace who she has been near.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the key word is linked. They can follow the line from the first case to her.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorYes. Bundibugyo is a rarer strain than the one most people picture, and the health ministry has not said how many contacts are being monitored.

  6. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThat number is what officials and aid groups will watch next.

  7. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWhat should people in Nairobi do right now?

  8. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorFollow the ministry's guidance and report symptoms early.

  9. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI covered outbreaks in places where information arrived late, and the ones that went best were the ones where officials spoke plainly and often.

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