Nigeria confirms an Ebola case, health minister says
Health officials said 44 contacts are being traced as the patient remains isolated and the government intensifies surveillance and infection-control measures nationwide.
- On Tuesday, October 20, 2026, Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Health confirmed the country's first Ebola case in a woman who recently arrived from Uganda and is now isolated in Abuja.
- Laboratory tests identified the Bundibugyo Ebola virus strain, the same rare variant driving the broader regional outbreak that began in the Democratic Republic of Congo on May 15, 2026.
- Health authorities have isolated the patient at a private hospital in Abuja while the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention identified and is monitoring 44 close contacts including healthcare workers.
- Public and private health facilities nationwide are under high alert, drawing on successful containment strategies from Nigeria's 2014 Ebola outbreak that halted transmission in Lagos after 20 confirmed cases.
- Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Director General Jean Kaseya urged immediate international intervention as the fastest-growing outbreak in history reached 9,066 confirmed cases and 4,381 deaths across the region.
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Islamabad PostNigeria confirms first Ebola case in capital Abuja
ASTANA - Nigeria confirmed its first Ebola case in the current outbreak in the capital, Abuja, on Tuesday, following laboratory tests, according to the country’s Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Ali Pate, a wire service reported.
A case of Ebola has been reported in the capital of West African Nigeria. According to the Ministry of Health, a woman who had arrived from East African Uganda tested positive for the virus. The woman developed symptoms on October 7 and was admitted to a hospital in Abuja, a city with two million inhabitants, four days later. It is unclear when the woman arrived in Nigeria.
Following cases in Central and East Africa, Nigeria has now also reported its first Ebola case. The patient entered the capital Abuja from Uganda.
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Nigeria says first Ebola case is same strain as DR Congo outbreak
Nigeria confirms its first Ebola case as the Bundibugyo strain, linked to DR Congo's outbreak, raising concerns over the virus's spread across Africa.
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