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Kenya has recorded a second Ebola death. The health ministry said a 65-year-old woman, a close relative of the first victim, died after developing symptoms in quarantine. Seven other patients are being treated at two isolation facilities, and officials say all cases are within one cluster with no evidence of community spread.
Kenya Confirms Second Ebola Death; Officials Say No Community Spread ↗Kenya's health ministry said a 65-year-old woman under quarantine died of Ebola, the second death in the country's first outbreak. Officials say all cases are in one cluster.
Switzerland says the Ebola patient in Nigeria is a diplomat's wife infected in Uganda, contradicting earlier accounts and complicating the search for the source.
UNICEF says Ebola has orphaned or separated more than 1,900 children in Ituri and North Kivu since May, and warns the real toll is likely higher.
