Kenya confirms eighth Ebola case as regional outbreak spreads

NAIROBI, Oct 18 (Reuters) Kenya has confirmed one more Ebola case, bringing the total number of infections in the ​country to eight, Director-General for Health ‌Patrick Amoth said on Sunday. Today, 38 people were tested, and one tested positive for Ebola, Amoth said in an interview on Kenya s Citizen TV. He is ‌a ​49-year-old man who is not ⁠a healthcare worker. ⁠He developed fever, headache and muscle pain. Amoth said the new case was a patient attendant who cleaned utensils and linens, and ​he was probably exposed to Kenya s first Ebola case, discovered earlier this month, ⁠in a man who ⁠travelled from Democratic Republic of Congo ​to Nairobi and died at a Nairobi hospital ​on October 5. The latest case developed ‌symptoms on Saturday, was separated from other people in quarantine, and was tested for the virus with the result returning positive on ⁠Sunday, a health ministry source said. Kenya has been on heightened alert, as a major Ebola outbreak ⁠centered in ‌Congo has sprea