Origin of Ebola infection in Nigeria remains unknown
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily Post
Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, says the origin of the Ebola infection in the Nigerian patient has not been established. Health authorities in Nigeria, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are jointly seeking the source of the infection, Daily Post reports.
Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), said the origin of the Ebola virus infection in the patient confirmed in Nigeria had not been established. The patient arrived from Uganda, but there was still nothing to confirm that she contracted the virus there, he said on Channels Television on Thursday 22 October.
The Africa CDC is working with Nigeria, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to trace the chain of transmission, Jean Kaseya added, referring to the need to avoid a diplomatic crisis. He said Uganda had announced the end of its outbreak.
The patient, who was born in Nigeria and lives in Abuja, arrived in the federal capital with her husband on 3 October after staying in Uganda. Uganda’s Ministry of Health said she had previously travelled to eastern DRC for business and that transiting through Uganda did not prove that she was infected in that country.
Nigeria confirmed its first case on Tuesday. Authorities had said the patient spent two weeks in Uganda, while Jean Kaseya said on 22 October that the virus was circulating in that country. These details are among the information published about the Nigerian case.
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