Health
Nigeria health officials report two suspected Ebola cases in northeast
Al Jazeera reports both individuals are isolated while laboratory testing and contact identification continue, and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention says the cases remain unconfirmed.
The short version
- Nigeria's health authorities are investigating two suspected Ebola cases in the northeast, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.[Al Jazeera]
- Both individuals are isolated while contact identification, listing and laboratory testing continue.[Al Jazeera]
- The suspected cases come after Nigeria declared its first Ebola case in more than a decade on October 20.[Al Jazeera]
- The agency says suspected status is not confirmation, which depends on laboratory results.[Al Jazeera]
Key facts
- Nigeria's health authorities are probing two suspected Ebola cases in the northeast.[Al Jazeera]
- Nigeria declared its first Ebola case in more than a decade on October 20.[Al Jazeera]
- Both suspected cases are isolated while contact identification and laboratory testing proceed.[Al Jazeera]
- Nigeria became the fifth country affected by the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola after an imported case was reported.[Al Jazeera]
What remains uncertain
- It remains unknown whether the two individuals have Ebola, pending laboratory results, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.[Al Jazeera]
- The number of people who may have been exposed is not yet known, because contact identification is still ongoing.[Al Jazeera]
Sources
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