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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Evelyne Musambi

Kenya confirms third Ebola case, a relative of the first patient who died

Kenya Ebola - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Kenya's health ministry confirmed that a third person tested positive for Ebola on Friday while in quarantine after being identified as a known contact of the first patient, who died two days after arriving from Congo.

The ministry said in a statement that the third patient was a 65-year-old woman who is a relative of the 40-year-old man who died from Ebola on Oct. 5.

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