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Kenya confirms four more Ebola cases, bringing total to seven

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Kenya Confirms Four New Ebola Cases
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Kenya has confirmed four more Ebola cases, bringing the total to seven. Al Jazeera reports that three of the latest cases are health workers who treated the first patient. Channel NewsAsia says these are the first known infections passed on inside Kenya and reports that the first patient arrived from Congo on Oct. 3. The New York Times reports that Kenya had never recorded Ebola cases before this month. This follows earlier reporting that Kenya had confirmed a third case in a relative of the first patient who was in quarantine.

This continues an earlier story: Kenya confirms third Ebola case in quarantined relative

Later: Kenya reports eight Ebola cases, no community transmission yet · Kenya confirms new Ebola case, bringing total to nine

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  1. Al Jazeera

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    Al Jazeera reports that Kenya confirmed four more Ebola cases, bringing the total to seven, and that three of the latest cases are health workers who treated the first patient.

  2. The New York Times

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    The New York Times reports that seven Ebola infections have been confirmed in Kenya, which had never recorded cases of the virus before this month.

  3. Channel NewsAsia

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    Channel NewsAsia reports that the cases are the first known infections passed on inside Kenya and that the first patient arrived from Congo on Oct. 3.

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