Nigeria Widens Hunt for Possible Ebola Cases
Public health teams are monitoring 53 contacts, including healthcare workers and family members, as officials investigate the confirmed Ebola case.
- On Sunday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention identified 53 contacts linked to the confirmed Ebola case in the Federal Capital Territory , while Director-General Jide Idris approved a weekly N100,000 allowance for quarantined individuals.
- A 42-year-old Ugandan-born woman who returned from Kampala on October 3, 2026, was diagnosed with Ebola on October 20. She is Nigeria's first confirmed case since the 2014 outbreak.
- The 53 identified contacts include 44 health workers from the treatment facility and nine others comprising family, household staff, and sample-collection personnel. Public health teams are monitoring them for 21 days to detect possible infections early.
- Idris explained the NCDC introduced the weekly payment after contacts raised concerns about feeding, accommodation, and family support while isolated. "This was not planned for, but it is an emergency," he said.
- Genomic analysis shows high similarity between the Nigerian virus and Kenya's first imported case, though officials state this does not confirm infection in Kenya. Both individuals traveled through Uganda's Entebbe International Airport on October 3.
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Nigeria widens hunt for possible Ebola cases
"As of now, we have 53 primary contacts," said Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) boss Jide Idris. The count was up from 44 people who had come in contact with a woman who fell ill with Ebola in the Nigerian capital Abuja. The woman, the 42-year-old wife of a Swiss embassy staff worker based in Abuja, had been travelling in Uganda with her husband before returning to Nigeria. She is receiving treatment and remains the only …
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The 53 contacts identified by the response team include healthcare workers, domestic staff and the patient’s spouse. They have been categorised and are being followed up, with monitoring to continue for 21 days after their last possible exposure.
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