Kenya Ebola cases rise to 8 as one more patient tests positive

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 18 — Kenya’s confirmed Ebola cases have risen to eight after one more person tested positive for the virus, a day after the Ministry of Health reported…

Director General for Health Dr Patrick Amoth said the latest patient is a 49-year-old man who developed fever, headache and muscle pain.

“Today we tested 38 persons; one turned positive — not a direct health care worker, a 49-year-old gentleman who developed symptoms of fever, headache, and muscle pain, and his test came out positive,” Amoth said Sunday night when he appeared at Citizen TV.

The latest case brings the total number of confirmed infections to eight, following the detection of four new cases announced on Saturday, which raised the tally from three to seven.

The four cases reported on Saturday involved three health workers who had treated the first patient in hospital and a close male relative of the deceased index patient.

The three health workers, aged 29, 35 and 32, had been in quarantine since October 9, while the male relative had been isolated since October 6.

Source: Capital FM