Ebola: Kenya announces second death
Kenyan health officials said the 65-year-old woman was a close relative of a man who died of Ebola last month.
DW reports: Kenyan health officials said the 65-year-old woman was a close relative of a man who died of Ebola last month.
The woman developed symptoms while under quarantine in Nairobi.
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