Nigeria Confirms 1st Ebola Case From Uganda Traveler, Tracing 44 Contacts
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 20
Nigeria Confirms 1st Ebola Case From Uganda Traveler, Tracing 44 Contacts
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 20
Summary
A woman who flew from Uganda to Abuja became Nigeria’s first Ebola case in the current outbreak after being treated for several days at a private hospital before diagnosis.
She is now in isolation, and Nigeria’s health ministry said 44 contacts have been identified as officials move to contain any exposure among health workers and others.
The case extends the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak from eastern Congo, where more than 4,600 people have died since mid-May, into another major African country.
Uganda contained its spread after 20 cases and three deaths, while Kenya reported a ninth case Tuesday; Africa CDC called the Bundibugyo-strain outbreak the most geographically extensive on record.