Nigeria's Index Ebola Patient, Husband Evacuated To Switzerland
Health officials are monitoring 53 contacts and expanding surveillance after confirming Nigeria’s first imported Ebola case in more than a decade.
- On Monday, Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare Muhammad Ali Pate confirmed Nigeria's first imported Ebola case was evacuated to Switzerland via air ambulance from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.
- The patient, a Ugandan-born wife of a Swiss diplomat, arrived in Abuja on October 3 and became symptomatic four days later before testing positive for the Bundibugyo virus.
- Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention Director-General Jide Idris reported 53 primary contacts, including 44 hospital personnel, are being monitored for 21 days to prevent transmission.
- The federal government is considering N100,000 weekly payments to assist those in quarantine, while Idris urged Nigerians to "cooperate fully" with public health officials during contact tracing.
- Meanwhile, the West African College of Physicians summit in Abuja began Monday, convening over 1,300 experts to address regional healthcare challenges including infectious disease control and infrastructure deficits.
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Nigeria evacuates Ebola patient to Switzerland as authorities monitor
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A Swiss woman being treated for Ebola in Nigeria was medically evacuated to Switzerland with her husband Monday, officials said, as Nigerian authorities continued monitoring 52 people who had been in contact with
The first Ebola patient in Nigeria has been flown out to Switzerland. Where it is treated there is still unclear.
(Johannesburg=Yonhap News) Correspondent Na Hak-jin = The first woman in Nigeria to be diagnosed with Ebola in 12 years... on the 26th (local time) by medical flight...
First case of Ebola in Nigeria in 12 years, the patient was repatriated to Switzerland Monday morning from Abuja by medical planeLast week, Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, reported this first case of Ebola, still the only one to date in its territory: a 42-year-old Swiss woman, wife of an employee of the Swiss embassy in Abuja, who had gone to Uganda with her husband before returning to Abuja."In the early morning (Monday), the pat…
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