Kenya confirms four new Ebola cases, total rises to seven

Kenya has confirmed four new cases of Ebola, raising the total number of infections to seven. The Ministry of Health announced that all four patients developed fever as their initial symptom and were subsequently isolated and tested at both the National Virology Reference Laboratory and the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) laboratory.

The patients are currently receiving supportive treatment from healthcare workers at designated facilities. The new infections involve a close male relative of the deceased index case and three healthcare workers who attended to the patient during his hospital stay. The four patients were diagnosed while in quarantine, allowing for early detection and treatment and reducing the risk of further transmission.

The Ministry of Health has traced and quarantined 128 of the 130 identified contacts, representing 98.5% of the total contacts, exceeding the global contact-tracing benchmark of 85%. The government reassured Kenyans that the risk to the general public remained low and that there was currently no evidence of community transmission.

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