Swiss Ebola Patient in Nigeria Evacuated to Switzerland
Nigerian officials said 53 contacts are being monitored as the patient receives specialized care in Geneva and her husband remains isolated in Zurich.
- 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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A Swiss woman, who was diagnosed as the first Ebola patient in Nigeria, has been flown out to her home country.
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AlKhaleej TodayEbola patient in Nigeria evacuated to Switzerland
ABUJA — A woman infected with the Ebola virus and her husband, a Swiss diplomat, were flown from Nigeria to hospitals in Switzerland on Monday, officials said, as Nigerian authorities continued monitoring 52 people who had been in contact with her.The Ugandan-born wife of the diplomat, based in Abuja, was being treated at Geneva University Hospitals for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, which has caused an outbreak that started in the Democratic…
<p>A woman infected with the Ebola virus was returned to Europe - whether the continent is threatened with the spread of the disease. A Swiss citizen with Ebola was sent from Nigeria to Geneva for treatment. The authorities say that isolation is a risk to the population low.</p>
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lrytas.ltThe first patient diagnosed with the Ebola virus in the West African country of Nigeria has been flown to Switzerland, Swiss authorities and Nigeria's Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate confirmed.
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