BREAKING: Nigeria confirms Ebola case in Abuja, begins contact tracing
What happened
Nigeria confirmed an Ebola case in Abuja and began tracing 44 contacts of a woman who arrived on an international flight from Uganda, the Health Ministry said.
The federal government urged healthcare facilities nationwide to identify, isolate and report suspected cases promptly, according to the statement.
Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control had increased surveillance after cases were recorded in Kenya, DW reported.
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- 2026-10-20 17:10 UTCPremium Times · premiumtimesng.com ↗
- 2026-10-20 17:31 UTCAl Jazeera · aljazeera.com ↗
- 2026-10-20 17:56 UTCAfricanews · africanews.com ↗
- 2026-10-20 19:08 UTCDW · dw.com ↗
- 2026-10-20 20:07 UTCAllAfrica same text as Premium Times · allafrica.com ↗
- 2026-10-20 20:19 UTCNPR via AP · npr.org ↗
- 2026-10-20 21:02 UTCNYT · nytimes.com ↗
- 2026-10-20 21:41 UTCArab News · arabnews.com ↗
- 2026-10-20 22:01 UTCMyJoyOnline same text as Al Jazeera · myjoyonline.com ↗
- 2026-10-20 23:05 UTCCBC · cbc.ca ↗
- 2026-10-20 23:18 UTCFrance 24 · france24.com ↗
- 2026-10-21 00:14 UTCGuardian via AP · theguardian.com ↗
- 2026-10-21 00:39 UTCSky News · news.sky.com ↗
- 2026-10-21 04:17 UTCCopenhagen Post same text as Africanews · cphpost.dk ↗
- 2026-10-21 07:37 UTCTimesLIVE via Reuters · timeslive.co.za ↗
- 2026-10-21 07:39 UTCCapital FM same text as Premium Times · capitalfm.africa ↗
- 2026-10-21 09:07 UTCDaily News TZ · dailynews.co.tz ↗
- 2026-10-21 09:59 UTCThe Hindu · thehindu.com ↗
- 2026-10-21 10:20 UTCClub of Mozambique · clubofmozambique.com ↗
- 2026-10-21 11:00 UTCIOL same text as The Hindu · iol.co.za ↗
- 2026-10-21 11:25 UTCCyprus Mail same text as CBC · cyprus-mail.com ↗
- 2026-10-21 11:54 UTCSTAT · statnews.com ↗
- 2026-10-21 12:39 UTCBBC same text as Daily News TZ · bbc.co.uk ↗
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