Kenya confirms third Ebola case in quarantined family contact

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New diagnosis expands a known cluster; contact tracing remains incomplete

Kenya’s health ministry confirmed a third Ebola case on October 16 in a relative of the earlier patients who had been quarantined since October 6, AP and Reuters reported. The patient developed symptoms in quarantine and was transferred for care. The ministry said there was no evidence of community transmission; AP reported that three contacts of the first patient remained untraced. The diagnosis adds a confirmed infection within the known family cluster, while those tracing gaps leave other possible exposures unresolved.

Associated Press via ABC News: Kenya confirms third Ebola case, a relative of the first patient who died · Reuters via Hiiraan Online: Kenya confirms third Ebola case, a close relative of other two cases