Developing: Kenya's second Ebola death is a close relative of the first patient
The woman was a close relative of the first patient and developed symptoms in quarantine. Authorities say the infections remain within one known cluster, with no evidence of community spread.
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A close relative of Kenya's first Ebola patient has died, the Health Ministry said on October 23, bringing the outbreak's death toll to two while seven patients remain in isolation.
The 65-year-old woman developed symptoms while in quarantine and received supportive care at an infectious disease unit in Nairobi. That care treats the effects of illness, such as fever and dehydration. She died on Friday evening, 10 days after she began showing symptoms, according to an Associated Press account of the ministry's announcement.
No new infections had been reported at publication. The seven surviving patients were receiving treatment at two isolation facilities, and the ministry said all the cases belonged to one cluster, with "no evidence of community spread".
Medical personnel had "done everything possible to save her life", the ministry said, according to AP. It said it would arrange a safe and dignified burial in consultation with her relatives.
The death extends the loss within a family already affected by the outbreak. It also puts the next stage of the investigation squarely on the people around the first patient: relatives, those who provided care and the wider group identified for monitoring.
