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Nigeria reports laboratory-confirmed Ebola case in woman who travelled from Uganda

Health Minister Muhammad Pate says the patient travelled from Uganda to Abuja, and 44 close contacts are being traced.

Updated Oct 21, 2026 · 23:20 UTC3 reports

Latest update: Kenya has recorded nine Ebola infections as the Africa CDC warned the regional outbreak carries a nearly 50% fatality rate.

The short version

Nigeria has confirmed an Ebola case in a woman who travelled from Uganda to Abuja, with laboratory tests confirming the diagnosis.[BBC News]
Health authorities have begun contact tracing for 44 identified close contacts of the woman.[BBC News]
Uganda's health ministry says it has no confirmed active Ebola cases, though its information on the patient's transit is preliminary.[BBC News]
Kenya has recorded nine infections, and Africa CDC's director general calls the wider outbreak an extremely serious threat.[ABC News · The Guardian]

Nigeria reported a laboratory-confirmed Ebola case in a female patient who travelled from Uganda to Abuja.[BBC News]
The patient began showing symptoms on October 7 and was admitted to a hospital in Abuja four days later.[The Guardian]
Health authorities have begun contact tracing and identified 44 close contacts of the woman.[BBC News]
Uganda's Ministry of Health stressed there are currently no confirmed active Ebola cases in the country.[BBC News]
Kenya confirmed its first case earlier this month and has since recorded nine infections.[The Guardian]
Africa CDC director general Jean Kaseya said the outbreak is an extremely serious threat, with a fatality rate of nearly 50% of cases.[ABC News]

Uganda's health ministry describes its information that the patient transited through the country without symptoms as preliminary.[BBC News]

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