DG Dr Patrick Amoth confirmed on Citizen TV tonight that an additional contact of the index case has tested positive, bringing Kenya’s confirmed Ebola cases to eight. The latest case is a 49-year-old patient attendant at The Nairobi Hospital who, according to Dr Amoth, did not directly care for the patient but handled his items, including utensils and linen. Methinks his exposure may have occurred before Ebola was confirmed and strict isolation precautions were instituted, although the exact timing remains to be established. This illustrates the serious transmission risk Ebola poses to healthcare workers and support personnel, including through items contaminated with an infected patient’s body fluids. Health facilities can become outbreak accelerators if unsuspected cases are not promptly recognised and infection prevention and control measures applied comprehensively. So far, the secondary cases comprise 3️⃣ relatives and 4️⃣ hospital workers. According to Dr Amoth’s update, all seven are receiving monoclonal antibody treatment donated by the Government of Rwanda for compassionate use. The earlier cases are reportedly responding well — encouraging news that gives us hope for their full and complete recovery. Encouragingly, all secondary cases reported so far developed symptoms while under quarantine rather than in the community. This reflects the important work being done in contact tracing and monitoring. With 128 of 130 listed contacts reportedly traced by @MOH_Kenya, we hope all high-risk contacts are among those already identified and quarantined. Finding the remaining two and ensuring no exposed person has been missed remain critical to containing the outbreak.