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Nigeria's Ebola patient identified as Swiss diplomat's wife
Switzerland said Nigeria's first Ebola patient in more than a decade is the wife of a Swiss diplomat, believed infected while traveling in Uganda; her husband is isolated without symptoms. Investigators are checking whether the Kenya and Nigeria cases crossed paths at Uganda's main airport, while Uganda says it has no active cases. The outbreak has reached an eighth province of DR Congo, and Nigeria ordered strict screening at entry points.
Why it matters
Spread to Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, raises the risk of wider transmission through air travel.
Background
The outbreak began in DR Congo and has spread to several African countries. The WHO has described it as complex.
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 23, 9:57 AM ET
- NPR ↗Oct 23, 8:41 AM ET
- UN News ↗Oct 23, 8:00 AM ET
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