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Nigeria confirms first Ebola case in over a decade
Nigeria's health ministry confirmed an Ebola case in Abuja in a woman who arrived from Uganda, the Bundibugyo strain, making it the fourth African country affected by the outbreak. Uganda said it has no active cases and that the woman had traveled to eastern DR Congo. Kenya has recorded nine cases in one cluster and says all patients are improving.
Why it matters
Spread to Africa's most populous country raises the risk of wider transmission in West Africa.
Background
The current outbreak originated in DR Congo and health officials have described it as fast-spreading. Nigeria contained a 2014 Ebola outbreak that killed eight people.
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
- The Guardian ↗Oct 20, 8:14 PM ET
- CBC News ↗Oct 20, 7:05 PM ET
- BBC News ↗Oct 21, 8:39 AM ET
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