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Ebola outbreak from Congo has spread to four other countries

Nigeria, Kenya and France report linked cases; Uganda denies the Abuja patient was infected there.

The short version

  • Nigeria confirmed an Ebola infection in Abuja in a woman who arrived from Uganda about two weeks earlier.[ABC News]
  • Kenya has reported nine cases from a man who traveled from Congo via Uganda, while France confirmed a June case in a doctor returning from Congo.[Associated Press]
  • Uganda denies the Abuja woman contracted the virus there, and WHO has not been told whether she traveled to Congo.[Associated Press]
  • The source of the Abuja infection remains unresolved.[Associated Press]

Key facts

  • Nigeria confirmed an Ebola infection in Abuja in a woman who arrived from Uganda about two weeks earlier.[ABC News]
  • Uganda has denied that the Abuja woman contracted the virus there.[Associated Press]
  • The World Health Organization said it has not been informed whether the Nigerian patient traveled to Congo.[Associated Press]
  • Kenya has reported nine cases originating from a man who traveled from Congo via Uganda.[Associated Press]
  • France confirmed in June that a doctor traveling back from Congo was infected, the first and only case outside Africa, according to the AP report.[Associated Press]

What remains uncertain

  • The source of the Abuja infection is unresolved, since Uganda denies the woman was infected there and WHO lacks travel information.[Associated Press]

Sources

Outlet counts describe coverage, not independent confirmation. Reports may share a wire service or original source.