Kenya confirms ninth Ebola case amid concerns about regional spread

A 24-year-old man, who was already being held in quarantine, is the latest to test positive, according to the Health Ministry.

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⁠Kenya has confirmed ⁠a new Ebola case, bringing the total ‌number of infections in the country to ⁠nine, amid an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), raising concerns about a regional spread.

A 24-year-old man, who was already being held in quarantine, is the latest to test positive, Kenya’s Ministry of Health said in a statement on Tuesday.

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“He was isolated at the first sign of illness, tested and started on treatment immediately upon confirmation of his positive test result,” it said, adding he “was already in quarantine when he fell ill”.

The man was a close family member of Kenya’s first Ebola patient , who had travelled from the DRC, through Uganda and before arriving in Kenya and dying at a Nairobi hospital on ⁠October 5.

“All nine cases belong to one cluster, and as of ‌today there is no evidence of transmission outside this group,” Director-General for Health Patrick Amoth said in a statement on Tuesday.

“Eight patients are stable and responding well to treatment, while 134 of 135 contacts have been traced and quarantined,” Amoth said.

Amoth said a milestone was in sight for the majority of the contacts in quarantine as they had remained well for the 21-day monitoring period and could return home from October 25.

It appealed to communities to welcome them back, saying they “pose no risk of infection”.

The ministry said no infections had occurred within quarantine facilities and that it was continuously monitoring infection-prevention measures to protect health workers.

Kenyan Ebola cases are linked to an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo where 9,000 cases have been reported and more than 4,000 deaths since May [File: Sebastien Kitsa Musayi/AP Photo]

Despite the nine infections, Kenya has not imposed restrictions on travel, trade or public gatherings, with authorities saying the country remains open for business.

In the DRC, there have been more than 9,000 Ebola cases and 4,000 deaths since May.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control says it’s the second-largest epidemic on record.

It has been difficult to contain because there is no licensed vaccine or specific treatment for the Bundibugyo strain of the virus.

据卫生部消息，一名24岁男子此前已被隔离，他是最新确诊的患者。

肯尼亚首例埃博拉死亡病例出现后，人们对筛查工作表示担忧，目前处于高度戒备状态。

肯尼亚确诊一例新的埃博拉病例，使该国感染总数达到九例。与此同时，刚果民主共和国（刚果（金））爆发疫情，引发了人们对疫情在区域内蔓延的担忧。

肯尼亚卫生部周二发表声明称，一名24岁男子被确诊感染新冠病毒，他此前已被隔离。

刚果民主共和国埃博拉病例超过9000例，遏制病毒传播的努力受挫（列表1/3）

肯尼亚卫生部确认第二例埃博拉病例（共3例，此为第2例）

肯尼亚埃博拉病例清单（共3例） 内罗毕以外的检测准备情况

声明称：“他一出现疾病症状就被隔离，接受了检测，并在检测结果呈阳性后立即开始接受治疗”，并补充说“他生病时已经在隔离中”。

这名男子是肯尼亚首例埃博拉患者的近亲，该患者从刚果民主共和国出发，途经乌干达，最终抵达肯尼亚，并于 10 月 5 日在内罗毕一家医院去世。

“所有九例病例都属于同一个聚集性疫情，截至目前，没有证据表明病毒已传播到该群体之外，”卫生总干事帕特里克·阿莫斯周二在一份声明中表示。

阿莫斯说：“8名患者病情稳定，对治疗反应良好，135名密切接触者中有134人已被追踪并隔离。”

阿莫斯表示，大多数隔离人员即将迎来一个里程碑，因为他们在 21 天的监测期内身体状况良好，可以从 10 月 25 日起返回家中。

它呼吁社区欢迎他们回来，并表示他们“不会造成感染风险”。

卫生部表示，隔离设施内没有发生感染事件，并正在持续监测感染预防措施，以保护医务人员。

肯尼亚的埃博拉病例与刚果民主共和国的疫情有关，自 5 月以来，刚果民主共和国已报告 9000 例病例和 4000 多人死亡。[图片：Sebastien Kitsa Musayi/AP Photo]

尽管已有9例感染病例，但肯尼亚并未对旅行、贸易或公共集会实施限制，当局表示该国仍然对商业活动开放。

自五月以来，刚果民主共和国已有超过9000例埃博拉病例和4000例死亡。

欧洲疾病预防控制中心称，这是有记录以来第二大疫情。

由于目前尚无针对邦迪布焦病毒株的获批疫苗或特效疗法，因此难以控制疫情。