Kenya confirms a third Ebola case on its territory

Kenya’s Health Ministry confirmed a third Ebola case on Friday: a 65-year-old woman related to the first two patients. Quarantined on October 6, she tested positive after developing a fever, sore throat and general malaise, and is receiving treatment. The first patient, a Kenyan national living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, died in Nairobi on October 5; a family member was confirmed as the second case on Wednesday. Of 130 contacts of the first patient, 127 have been traced and quarantined, and authorities say no community transmission has been detected.