Kenya reports four more Ebola cases, taking total to seven

Kenya has reported four more Ebola infections, bringing the total in the country to seven, according to its health ministry. The latest cases include a close contact of an earlier patient and three healthcare workers who treated that person, the Dutch news agency ANP reported, citing Reuters. [1]

Two other infections had been reported earlier in the week, both among relatives of a man who travelled to Kenya from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where Ebola has heavily affected areas. Uganda lies between the two countries; the World Health Organization declared an outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain there over at the end of August. [1]

There is currently no approved treatment for the Bundibugyo strain, the report said, while work is under way on a vaccine. Ebola can cause organ failure and death, and spreads through direct contact; people who have died from the disease may also remain infectious. [1]