Africa CDC and Uganda Disagree on Nigeria's Ebola Case
The Director-General of the Africa CDC, Jean Kaseya, stated that Nigeria's Ebola index case, a female patient, was born in Uganda and traveled to Nigeria, where she spent several days before her husband joined her. They returned to Abuja on October 3.
Kaseya emphasized the need for collaboration from the patient to trace her movements and contacts. However, Uganda's Ministry of Health claims the patient is Nigerian and traveled to eastern DRC for business before passing through Uganda.
They noted she showed no symptoms in Uganda but fell ill after arriving in Nigeria. The Federal Government confirmed Nigeria's first case of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease on October 20, with the patient admitted to a private hospital in the Federal Capital Territory.
Ali Pate, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, confirmed the diagnosis, while Olajumoke Babatunde from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported the patient's condition had worsened to multi-organ failure.
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