Kenya announces second Ebola death, says ‘no evidence’ of community spread

Kenya Red Cross personnel wearing personal protective equipment simulate the evacuation of the remains of an Ebola victim in Nairobi, Kenya, on October 22, 2026 [AFP]

Kenya has announced its second Ebola death, as the virus outbreak spreads from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to several parts of Africa.

The Kenyan Ministry of Health said on Friday that the latest death was that of a 65-year-old woman who had developed symptoms during quarantine and was a close relative of a Kenyan man who died ⁠⁠of Ebola earlier this month.

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The ministry added that Kenya currently has seven Ebola cases receiving treatment at two isolation facilities.

All the cases are within “one cluster, with no evidence of community spread”, it added.

Kenya’s first Ebola case was identified this month in a man who travelled from DRC to Kenya and died at ‌‌a Nairobi hospital on October 5.

Since then, Kenyan authorities have traced 135 contacts, all of whom were placed in quarantine, with nine cases confirmed, including the two patients who died.

The DRC declared its 17th Ebola outbreak in May and has since reported more than 9,000 cases and more than 4,600 deaths. The deadly disease has killed more than 15,000 people in Africa over the past 50 years.

The current outbreak has now been reported in four countries across eastern, central ⁠⁠and western Africa, giving it the widest geographic spread of any Ebola outbreak on the continent to date.

On Tuesday, Nigeria became the fourth ⁠⁠African country to report an Ebola case. Nigerian Health Minister Muhammad ⁠⁠Ali Pate said on Friday that an analysis showed the case was closely ‌‌related to the virus detected in the index case ⁠⁠in Kenya.

Uganda announced on Saturday that travellers ⁠⁠with a history of ⁠⁠travel to DRC would not be permitted to transit through the East African ⁠⁠nation.

Uganda had recorded 20 people infected, almost all of whom had travelled from DRC, and two deaths before being declared Ebola-free in August.

2026年10月22日，肯尼亚红十字会在内罗毕，工作人员身穿个人防护装备，模拟撤离埃博拉死者遗体。[法新社]

肯尼亚宣布第二例埃博拉死亡病例，埃博拉病毒疫情已从刚果民主共和国（刚果（金））蔓延至非洲多个地区。

肯尼亚卫生部周五表示，最新死亡病例是一名 65 岁的妇女，她在隔离期间出现症状，并且是本月早些时候死于埃博拉病毒的一名肯尼亚男子的近亲。

列表 1/3：尼日利亚确诊首例埃博拉病例，引发对病毒在非洲大陆传播的担忧。

卫生官员称，尼日利亚首例埃博拉病例与刚果民主共和国毒株相符（共3例，此为第2例）。

世卫组织警告称，埃博拉疫情目前已在三个非洲国家爆发，情况“更加复杂”（名单3/3）。

该部还补充说，肯尼亚目前有7例埃博拉病例正在两处隔离设施接受治疗。

声明还补充说，所有病例都属于“一个聚集性疫情，没有社区传播的证据”。

本月，肯尼亚确诊了首例埃博拉病例，患者是一名从刚果民主共和国前往肯尼亚的男子，于 10 月 5 日在内罗毕一家医院去世。

此后，肯尼亚当局追踪到 135 名接触者，全部被隔离，确诊病例达 9 例，其中包括 2 例死亡病例。

刚果民主共和国于5月宣布爆发第17次埃博拉疫情，此后已报告超过9000例病例和超过4600例死亡。过去50年里，这种致命疾病已在非洲造成超过15000人死亡。

目前，埃博拉疫情已蔓延至非洲东部、中部和西部的四个国家，是迄今为止非洲大陆上埃博拉疫情传播范围最广的一次。

周二，尼日利亚成为第四个报告埃博拉病例的非洲国家。尼日利亚卫生部长穆罕默德·阿里·帕特周五表示，分析显示该病例与肯尼亚首例病例中检测到的病毒密切相关。

乌干达周六宣布，曾前往刚果民主共和国的旅客将不被允许过境该东非国家。

乌干达在 8 月份宣布埃博拉疫情结束之前，曾记录了 20 例感染病例，几乎全部来自刚果民主共和国，并有 2 例死亡病例。