Kenya Confirms Four New Ebola Cases, Total Rises to Seven

Kenya’s health ministry said four additional Ebola cases were confirmed on October 17, bringing the country’s total to seven, including the first patient, who died. The ministry said the new infections were linked to that patient and involved a male relative and three health workers who had treated him. All four patients were already in quarantine when they developed symptoms and tested positive, according to the ministry. The male relative had been quarantined since October 6. The health workers, two men aged 29 and 35 and a 32-year-old woman, had been quarantined since October 9, the ministry said. They had cared for the first patient on October 3 and 4. The four cases followed the confirmation of two other infections. One was a 39-year-old male relative of the first patient; the other was a 65-year-old female relative, whose case was announced on October 16. The ministry said the second and third patients were stable and responding to supportive treatment. The reports place the new cases among people already under quarantine, rather than identifying infections in the wider community. The ministry said 128 of 130 listed contacts had been traced and quarantined. It said it...