Kenya confirms third Ebola case as WHO intensifies efforts to contain cross-border spread of the virus

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Kenya has confirmed a third Ebola case in a close relative of the first and second cases. The country's health ministry in a statement that the third case was a 65-year-old woman who had been in quarantine since October 6. Kenya's first case emerged last week after a Kenyan man,who had been ill in Congo about a month before travelling by road to Uganda, flew to Nairobi on October 3, where a relative drove him to the hospital. The man died on October 5.Kenya's cases are linked to the Ebola epidemic in Congo, which is the second-largest on record globally with more than ​9,000 cases ​and over 4,000 deaths. For more on efforts to curb the spread of the disease, we speak to Dr Dick Chamla, Programme Area Manager at the World Health Organisation Emergency Hub in Kenya

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