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Ebola: Kenya announces second death

DW23 October 2026, 21:09 UTCKenya

Kenya has recorded a second Ebola death, ‌the ⁠health ⁠ministry said late Friday. The 65-year-old woman had developed symptoms ‌during quarantine and was a close ‌relative of a ‌Kenyan man who died of the disease.

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