Ebola case in Kenya: Health worker infected

A 49-year-old healthcare worker at Nairobi Hospital in Kenya has tested positive for Ebola, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 8 with this case.

Patrick Amoth, Director General of the Kenyan Ministry of Health, announced that out of 38 test results, a 49-year-old person working as a healthcare worker at Nairobi Hospital tested positive for Ebola. It was reported that the patient, who was tested upon complaints of fever, headache, and muscle pain, was determined to be a contact of the first case in the country and was placed in isolation.

Amoth noted that monoclonal antibody treatment was administered to all individuals diagnosed with the virus and that the patients responded positively to the treatment. A new shipment of medication arrived from Rwanda to support the treatment processes. The first case in the country was confirmed on October 6, and following the first patient who died on October 5 after arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo, 128 out of 130 identified contacts were quarantined. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the outbreak's point of origin, more than 9,400 cases have been recorded since May, while the death toll has exceeded 4,500.