Ebola Cases Rise in Kenya and Spread to Eighth Congo Province

Kenya's Health Ministry on Sunday confirmed another case of Ebola, bringing the number of confirmed infections in the country to eight. Health Ministry Director-General Dr. Patrick Amoth stated that a 49-year-old man, not a healthcare worker, developed fever, headache, and muscle pain. The latest case was a patient attendant who cleaned utensils and linen and had likely been exposed to Kenya's first Ebola case, discovered earlier this month. Amoth said patients in quarantine were being tested after developing symptoms and that the other six patients were stable after receiving supportive treatment. The first patient died on October 5.

Meanwhile, health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reported that the Ebola outbreak had spread to an eighth province in the north. Congo's Health Ministry said that two cases, including a death, were recorded in Nord-Ubangi province, which borders the Central African Republic (CAR).