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Kenya's health ministry reported a second Ebola death within the country's first-ever outbreak. The victim was a 65-year-old woman who contracted the virus from the first patient. Seven people continue treatment, and authorities say there is no community transmission. Nigeria reported genetic similarity between its first case and the Kenyan strain.
Sevara AzamovaSwitzerland's Federal Department of Foreign Affairs said that the first recorded case of Ebola in Nigeria is a Swiss woman, the wife of an employee of the country's embassy in Abuja. The couple recently traveled together in Uganda but did not visit the DR Congo, the epicenter of the outbreak. The husband is isolated without symptoms, 44 contacts have been identified, and the WHO does not recommend restricting travel or trade.
Sevara AzamovaNigeria's health ministry on October 20 confirmed the country's first Ebola case of the current outbreak: the virus was detected in a woman who arrived from Uganda. According to AFP, the patient is a diplomat, a Nigerian citizen who transited through Uganda from the DR Congo. The strain is Bundibugyo — the same one causing the largest outbreak in the DR Congo (more than 9,000 cases, over 4,300 deaths). Monitoring of 44 contacts is underway.
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