Nigeria confirms Ebola case in Abuja
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Sabcnews
Nigeria has confirmed an Ebola case in Abuja in a woman who returned from Uganda, Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate announced. The patient is in isolation and 44 people who had contact with her have been identified, according to the minister, as the outbreak continues in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other countries in the region.
Nigeria confirmed an Ebola case in Abuja after laboratory tests, Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate announced on Tuesday. The patient, a woman who had returned from Uganda, is in isolation and receiving treatment, he told public broadcaster NTA.
Authorities have identified 44 people who had contact with the patient and begun monitoring them, according to the minister. The case comes as the outbreak spreads in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: two infections, including one death, have been confirmed in North Ubangi province, making it the eighth Congolese province affected.
Uganda and Kenya have also recorded infections linked to the outbreak. Seven cases have been confirmed in Kenya this month, while the emergence of cases in North Ubangi, which borders the Central African Republic, is complicating efforts to contain the disease in the DRC.
The director general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Jean Kaseya, has called for international mobilisation against the Ebola outbreak in Nigeria and the region.
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