An eighth person in Kenya has tested positive for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, the Guardian reports, as opposition grows to a US-led quarantine center there following US funding cuts and withdrawal from the WHO. The Guardian

the GuardianEbola cases in Kenya highlight US failures amid Trump cuts to key servicesOpposition to US-led quarantine center in Kenya follows sweeping funding cuts and withdrawal from WHO

How should outbreak response be organised when major funders pull back?

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Update: A 65-year-old woman, a close family member of Kenya's first Ebola victim, has become the second patient to die of Ebola in Kenya. BBC

BBC NewsWoman, 65, becomes second patient to die of Ebola in KenyaShe was a close family member of the first victim, a man who had travelled from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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