Human disease
Ebola outbreak: Uganda imposes 21-day quarantine on citizens returning from DR Congo
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Nigeria's first Ebola holidayed in Uganda, officials say: The wife of a diplomat based in Abuja travelled to Kampala for a vacation.
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Key FactsNigeria confirms first Ebola case in more than a decade
Oct 21, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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- According to Africa CDC, she developed symptoms on 6 October 2026, three days after returning to Abuja on 3 October.
- The health minister said three laboratory tests confirmed the diagnosis on 20 October, after authorities were alerted the previous day.
- The health ministry reported 44 contacts; the aviation minister said 46 people were barred from flights, including 44 hospital contacts and two household workers.
- Uganda’s health ministry disputed the account, saying she was Nigerian and had only transited Uganda on a business trip to eastern DR Congo.
“We respect our sister nation of Uganda. We have very strong solidarity, we are all in it together.”— Nigeria’s health minister, Muhammad Ali Pate, said this amid conflicting accounts of the Ebola patient’s movements, emphasizing cooperation with Uganda.
Ebola: N10bn emergency fund to cover Lassa fever, other diseases – NCDC DG: According to Mr Idris, several of the measures required to control the diseases are ...
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JUST IN: Ebola: Nigeria identifies 53 contacts linked to confirmed case: Mr Idris said the contacts include healthcare workers, the confirmed patient’s domestic ...
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Key FactsNigeria identifies 53 Ebola contacts in FCT
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- The 53 primary contacts comprise 44 people from the treating health facility and nine other contacts.
- Three of the nine other contacts had attended to the patient at Julius Berger Clinic before she reached the other facility; three were on the sample-collection team.
- The contacts were categorized by exposure level, and public health teams continued monitoring them.
- At the time of the briefing, none of the identified contacts had tested positive or developed Ebola symptoms.
Nigeria and Kenya Ebola patients may have crossed paths at Uganda airport, officials say
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Ebola: ₦100,000 weekly allowance for quarantined contacts was unplanned – NCDC: He said the affected people had been taken out of their normal environments for ...
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Ebola scientists to probe Nigeria case origin, Africa CDC says: A team of leading Ebola scientists will travel to Nigeria to help investigate how the country’s ...
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1st confirmed Ebola patient in Nigeria evacuated to Switzerland: A Swiss woman being treated for Ebola in Nigeria has been medically evacuated to Switzerland ...
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Ebola: Nigeria may declare outbreak over in December – Minister: Mr Pate urged Nigerians to "remain calm, cooperate with contact-tracing teams and follow ...
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Deadly Virus: Nigeria Confirms First Case of Ebola: A woman infected with Ebola is traveling by plane from Uganda to Nigeria. Forty-four contacts have already ...
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Kenya reports second death from Ebola: Kenya has recorded a second Ebola death, the health ministry said late on Friday, adding that the 65-year-old woman had ...
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Ebola: Nigerians link outbreak to government’s 2027 election plans: The announcement has triggered scepticism among some Nigerians online, with some questioning ...
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Woman, 65, becomes second patient to die of Ebola in Kenya: She was a close family member of the first victim, a man who had travelled from the Democratic ...
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Congo's Ebola cases surpass 10,000 as fears grow of wider African spread: The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of Congo has risen above 10 ...
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Nigeria confirms first Ebola case: An Ebola-infected woman travels by plane from Uganda to Nigeria. Her Ebola infection is confirmed there ...
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Uganda imposes 21-day quarantine on citizens returning from Congo: Ugandan citizens returning to the country with a history of travel to Democratic Republic of ...
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Nigeria confirms Ebola case as outbreak continues to spread: The country's health ministry said a woman had been diagnosed with the deadly virus in the capital ...
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Ebola: Survivors can transmit virus through sex, but not sweat or saliva – WHO: Patrick Otim, programme area manager for emergency response at the WHO Regional ...
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Kenya confirms four more Ebola cases, bringing total to seven: Three health workers who treated the country’s first Ebola patient are among the latest ...
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Ebola: Attackers kill nurse, injure health worker responding to case in DRC: The attack comes as DRC continues to battle the largest and deadliest phase of the ...
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Ebola: APC campaign council accuses Atiku of politicising disease outbreak, says N10bn fund intact
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Deadly virus: Nigeria confirms first Ebola case: Now the first case of Ebola in Nigeria: It is now the fourth country in Africa with at least one confirmed case ...
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Ebola: Keyamo orders 46 contacts of infected woman placed on 21-day no-fly list: According to the aviation minister, the 46 contacts will face a 21-day no-fly ...
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Ebola patient in Nigeria believed to have contracted disease in Uganda, Switzerland says
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Protesters kill longtime nurse treating Ebola patients in Congo: Youths killed a longtime nurse treating Ebola patients in eastern Congo and other health ...
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Late detection in Nigeria raises alarm as Ebola spreads across Africa: Nigeria's first Ebola patient in over a decade was not tested for the disease until 13 ...
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Ebola: Nigerian lawmakers demand release of outstanding funds for health agencies to strengthen response
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Kenya confirms new Ebola case, total at nine, health ministry says: Kenya has confirmed a new Ebola case, bringing the total number of infections to nine ...
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Nigeria Ebola case linked to virus found in Kenya index case, health minister says
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Ebola: Nigerian govt says no restrictions on large gatherings for now: Mr Pate also said the woman at the centre of Nigeria’s first confirmed case is recovering ...
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Israel's election too close to call. And, the Ebola outbreak reaches grim milestone
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Airline groups urge US CDC to reconsider Ebola declaration requirements: Major American and foreign airlines urged the US Centers for Disease Control and ...
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Ebola: Lawmakers reject border tours, but urge release of health emergency funds: The lawmakers said they could be exposed to the Ebola virus if they visit ...
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Ebola: Uganda orders 21-day quarantine for citizens returning from DR Congo: The Ministry of Health said returning Ugandans with a history of travel to the DRC ...
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Ebola: Resident doctors demand urgent hospital preparedness, protection of frontline workers
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Ebola: Plateau reopens isolation centres, steps up surveillance: Plateau State Commissioner for Health, Nicholas Ba’amlong, disclosed this during a press ...
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Ebola in Kenya: Is it under control as nine cases confirmed?: The US has advised its citizens to reconsider travelling to Kenya but the government tries to ...
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Ebola patient in Nigeria believed to have contracted disease in Uganda, Switzerland says
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NASS Roundup: Ebola, fuel import, unity college funding, other top Senate stories
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The Ebola outbreak is breaking records -- and just marked a grim milestone: The current outbreak, first identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo ...
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DRC’s Ebola cases pass 10,000 as fears grow of wider African spread: Travel restrictions and quarantines imposed as cases rise across the continent
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Kenya announces second Ebola death, says ‘no evidence’ of community spread: The Ebola outbreak has now spread to four countries across eastern ...
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Kenya confirms eighth Ebola case as regional outbreak spreads: Kenya has been on heightened alert, as a major Ebola outbreak centered in Congo has spread across ...
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WHO warns ‘more complex’ Ebola outbreak now present in 3 African countries: Health officials are investigating where Nigeria’s first patient, confirmed this week ...
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Uganda has reaffirmed that it remains free of Ebola following reports that suspected cases detected in Nigeria and Kenya may have originated from the country ... Show more
Exploitation and misinformation hinder DRC Ebola response: A doctor with the Swiss NGO Medair explains why the fight to contain the Ebola epidemic has so far ...
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Attackers kill nurse, severely injure health worker responding to Ebola case in eastern Congo
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UPDATED: Nigeria confirms Ebola case in Abuja, begins contact tracing: Contact tracing has commenced, with 44 close contacts identified so far.
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Key FactsEbola case confirmed in Abuja area
Oct 20, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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- The federal government confirmed the case on 20 October 2026 in the Federal Capital Territory.
- The patient had recently arrived on an international flight from Uganda and is receiving medical care at a private hospital.
- Contact tracing has so far identified 44 close contacts, including healthcare workers, patients, caregivers, and travel contacts.
- The government urged hand hygiene and avoiding direct contact with the blood or bodily fluids of suspected cases.
Nigeria successfully contained Ebola in 2014, and we have the experience and public health systems to respond to this case. However, containing Ebola requires everyone to play their part.— the federal government noted
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Nigeria has confirmed one case of Ebola disease in the Federal Capital Territory. The patient, a woman who recently arrived on an international flight from ... Show more
NASS Roundup: Ebola, corps member’s death, Abuja rent, other stories from the House of Reps
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JUST IN: Nigeria’s Ebola index patient evacuated from Abuja: According to ARISE News, the woman, who is the wife of a Swiss diplomat in Nigeria ...
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Ebola: FG orders strict screening at Nigeria’s entry points: The Ministry of Health says the directive follows concerns raised by the Office of the National ...
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Ebola: 44 identified contacts to stay isolated for three weeks – Minister: Mr Pate said authorities are treating the case as an imported infection ...
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Ebola Outbreak: Lawmakers move to amend Nigeria’s 100-year-old Quarantine Act: The senators resolve to treat the proposed amendment as an urgent matter to ...
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The first Ebola vaccine trial has begun in DR Congo amid the country's worst-ever outbreak, with more than 9,700 cases and 4,600 deaths ... Show more
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Ebola: Nigerian govt assures citizens of containment strategies: “The passenger with the disease showed no symptoms, which came four days after the woman got ...
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WHO pledges support as Nigeria records first imported Ebola case: In a statement published on its website on Tuesday, the global health agency said it was ...
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Ebola: Uganda restricts transit for travellers from DRC: Uganda had earlier battled an outbreak of Ebola disease caused by the Bundibugyo virus ...
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Ebola: Lagos is prepared to respond — Commissioner: The commissioner said the state’s Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) had been working ahead of the ...
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Kenya reports second death from Ebola: Kenya's first Ebola case was identified this month in a man who travelled from Congo to Nairobi and died at a Nairobi ...
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Kenya confirms second Ebola case as relative of country's first victim: It follows the death last week of a man who had arrived in Kenya after travelling from DR ...
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Kenya records second Ebola death: The woman, the country’s third confirmed case of Bundibugyo virus disease, was a close family member and direct contact of the ...
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Families who lost loved ones to Ebola struggle with grief and stigma: The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is taking a psychological toll on families dealing with ...
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U.S. to tighten Ebola screening with new air passenger declarations: The U.S. government will increase measures aimed at preventing entry by people exposed to ...
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Health officials race to trace source of Nigeria’s Ebola infection: Outbreak has now been reported in four countries across eastern, central and western Africa
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Enugu begins surveillance at airport, council areas to curtail Ebola spread: An official explained that the intensified surveillance followed the recently ...
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Kenya has reported four additional Ebola infections on Saturday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to seven in less than two weeks ... Show more
WHO urges countries to prepare for Ebola as Nigeria confirms imported case : World health body is working with health authorities to strengthen measures to ...
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First Ebola patients in Nigeria and Kenya might have crossed paths at Uganda airport
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Nigeria identifies travel-related Ebola case: Today's health news includes a counterintuitive way to boost measles vaccinations, Mark Cuban swings into ...
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Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak spreads to eighth province: The Health Ministry has recorded two cases, including one death, in Nord-Ubangi province ...
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Late detection in Nigeria raises alarm as Ebola spreads across Africa: Delayed testing heightens concerns over Nigeria's outbreak response
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