Kenya has recorded its second-ever case of Ebola after a relative of a patient who died last week tested positive for the virus, officials have said.

A 39-year-old man fell ill on Tuesday and has since been confirmed to be infected with Ebola, according to Kenyan health authorities.

The patient, who is now isolated, is a family member of Kenya’s first-ever Ebola case , who died in a hospital in Nairobi last Monday.

The index case, a 40-year old businessman, had travelled to Kenya from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the epicentre of the deadly outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola , which has so far killed more than 4,300 people.

Kenyan authorities have identified 128 of his contacts and have successfully tracked down 113 of them , who are having their temperatures checked daily for a period of three weeks, the country’s Director-General for Health, Dr Patrick Amoth, said in a statement.

“There is no evidence of spread in the wider community,” the statement, issued on Wednesday,…