Kenya confirms eighth Ebola case as Congo outbreak spreads

Kenya's health authorities have confirmed an eighth Ebola case as the outbreak from the Democratic Republic of Congo spreads across the region.

• Kenya's Director General of Health Patrick Amoth announced the country's eighth confirmed Ebola case, saying 38 people were tested and one result came back positive.
• Amoth said the new patient, a 49-year-old man outside the health sector, likely contracted the virus while caring for Kenya's first Ebola case.
• Kenya's first Ebola case was a man who traveled from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Nairobi and died there on October 5.
• The Democratic Republic of Congo said the outbreak has spread to an eighth province, North Ubangi.