Ebola Patient In Nigeria Is Swiss, Had Not Visited DRC, Says Swiss Foreign Ministry
Swiss authorities say the woman likely caught Ebola in Uganda, while Nigeria expands contact tracing beyond 44 people as investigators search for the source.
- On Tuesday, a 42-year-old Ugandan-born Swiss national tested positive for Ebola in Nigeria on October 20, marking the country's first confirmed case in over a decade.
- Swiss officials confirmed the woman visited Uganda for two and a half weeks before returning to Nigeria on October 3, contradicting Ugandan claims she traveled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Health authorities are investigating a potential link to a Kenyan Ebola patient at Entebbe International Airport on October 3, with Africa CDC emergency response official Dr. Wessam Mankoula describing the encounter as "one of the possible scenarios."
- Nigerian health authorities are expanding contact tracing beyond the 44 people initially identified as potentially exposed, while the Swiss Ministry confirmed all 25 employees at the Abuja embassy remain in good health.
- WHO emergency response official Dr. Patrick Otim stated, "The source of exposure is still not known. The travel history of the patient is still being pieced together," as genomic sequencing investigates potential cross-border links.
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Switzerland confirms Nigeria’s latest Ebola patient is a Swiss diplomat’s wife who returned from her native Uganda, denies DR Congo visit
Switzerland has disputed Uganda's account of the travel history of a woman diagnosed with Ebola in Nigeria, confirming that the patient is the wife of a Swiss diplomat based in Abuja and denying claims that she visited the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo).
(Johannesburg=Yonhap News) Correspondent Na Hak-jin = The first confirmed Ebola patient in Nigeria may have been infected after coming into contact with Kenya's first confirmed patient at an airport in Uganda...
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