Nigeria’s first Ebola patient is diplomat’s wife
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Leadership
Nigeria’s first detected Ebola case is a 42-year-old woman, the wife of a diplomat, who returned from Uganda on 3 October and was admitted to a health facility on 11 October. Nigerian authorities have identified 44 contacts, while Africa CDC is urging Nigeria, Uganda and Ethiopia to coordinate the search for people exposed, according to Leadership.
The first Ebola patient in Nigeria is the wife of a diplomat who travelled to Uganda, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. Aged 42 and living in Abuja, she spent two and a half weeks in Kampala before returning to Nigeria on 3 October.
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