Kenya has confirmed its second death from Bundibugyo Ebola virus, claiming a 65-year-old woman who was a close relative of the country’s first patient. The woman, who developed symptoms ten days before her death, was quarantined and receiving care at an infectious disease unit in Nairobi when she died. Kenya currently has seven active patients undergoing treatment in isolation units, all traced to exposure from the index patient who arrived in early October and died shortly thereafter. Since then, officials have identified 135 contacts and placed 118 in quarantine, with some completing their mandatory 21-day quarantine period.
Nigeria’s index Ebola patient, a 42-year-old Ugandan woman, was airlifted to Switzerland in stable condition with her asymptomatic spouse. Nigerian and international health officials are investigating how she contracted the virus, as her travel history showed no connection to the Democratic Republic of the Congo outbreak. Scientists from the Africa CDC are being sent to Nigeria to determine the transmission source. Both Kenya and Nigeria’s index patients traveled through Uganda’s Entebbe International Airport on October 3, raising questions about potential transmission at that location. Switzerland and Nigeria continue monitoring the patient and her contacts respectively.
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