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Nigeria confirms first Ebola case in Abuja as outbreak spreads
Nigeria's health ministry said a woman who flew to Abuja from Uganda tested positive for Ebola, its first case in the current outbreak, and 44 close contacts have been identified. Kenya has recorded nine infections since confirming its first case this month. The outbreak, of the Bundibugyo strain, has killed more than 4,300 people across the region, according to the Guardian.
Why it matters
A case in Africa's most populous country, arriving by air, raises concern about the virus spreading across the continent.
Background
The outbreak originated in the Democratic Republic of Congo and has spread to neighboring countries. It is the second-largest Ebola outbreak on record.
The story so far
- Kenya confirms first imported Ebola case in Nairobi
- Kenya confirms first imported Ebola case in Nairobi
- Kenya finds no new Ebola cases after 293 tests
- Kenya finds no new Ebola cases after 293 tests
- Kenya confirms a third Ebola case
- Kenya confirms four more Bundibugyo Ebola cases
- Kenya confirms eighth Ebola case as outbreak spreads in Congo
- Nigeria confirms first Ebola case in Abuja as outbreak spreads
- Nigeria confirms first Ebola case in over a decade
- Ebola cluster in Kenya rises to nine as Africa CDC traces Nigeria case
- Nigeria's Ebola patient identified as Swiss diplomat's wife
- Kenya reports second Ebola death
- Uganda orders Ebola quarantine as Nigeria widens contact tracing
- Ebola: patient evacuated from Nigeria; nurse killed in Congo
Sources
- NPR ↗Oct 20, 4:19 PM ET
- DW ↗Oct 20, 3:08 PM ET
- AllAfrica ↗Oct 20, 4:07 PM ET
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