Kenya reports eighth Ebola case as US raises travel advisory

Kenya’s Health Ministry reported an eighth Ebola case on October 18 after a 49-year-old patient attendant tested positive while in quarantine, bringing the country’s reported total to eight. The United States raised its travel advisory for Kenya from Level 2 to Level 3, urging people to reconsider travel because of health and other risks, the US Embassy in Kenya said on October 20. Health Ministry Director General Patrick Amoth said one of 38 people tested on Sunday was positive. The man had been quarantined since October 9 after exposure to the first patient, according to Amoth. He was isolated and being prepared for treatment, Amoth said. Kenya recorded its first Ebola case in early October in a man who had been living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He died in Nairobi on October 5, and the country reported the case the following day. The seven other cases reported before the latest positive test were among relatives of the first patient and health workers who treated him, Amoth said. Amoth said the confirmed patients were in stable condition. He said the other patients were receiving monoclonal antibodies and responding well. The Ministry of Health had...