Nigeria: Ebola - Swiss Government Says Nigeria's Patient Likely Contracted Virus in Uganda
Health officials are tracing 44 possible contacts as WHO supports Nigeria’s investigation into the source of the country’s first Ebola case in more than a decade.
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Nigeria: Ebola - Swiss Government Says Nigeria's Patient Likely Contracted Virus in Uganda
However, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said they had not received verified information that the woman travelled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where the current Ebola outbreak began.
Ebola: Swiss government says Nigeria’s patient likely contracted virus in Uganda
However, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said they had not received verified information that the woman travelled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where the current Ebola outbreak began.
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NaftemporikiThe Swiss government denies that an Ebola patient in Nigeria had traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo, stressing that the woman, the wife of a Swiss diplomat, was likely infected during her stay in Uganda.
Swiss: Nigeria Ebola Patient Did Not Visit DR Congo
The Swiss government confirmed Friday that an Ebola patient in Nigeria did not visit the Democratic Republic of Congo, directly contradicting reports from Ugandan officials. The patient, a Ugandan-born woman married to a Swiss diplomat based in Abuja, tested positive in Nigeria’s first recorded Ebola case in over a decade. The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs initially reported Thursday that the woman likely contracted the virus durin…
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