WHO and Africa CDC Investigate Nigeria's Ebola Case
The World Health Organization (WHO) and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) announced that there is no confirmed information linking Nigeria’s Ebola patient to travel in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The patient, a woman, returned to Abuja after spending about two weeks in Uganda.
WHO representative to Nigeria, Pavel Ursu, stated that available information indicates the patient did not travel outside Uganda. Africa CDC official Wessam Mankoula confirmed that Nigeria and Uganda are collaborating to trace the patient’s movements and identify the source of her exposure.
Mankoula emphasized that there is no validated information suggesting travel to DRC. WHO emergency response manager Patrick Otim noted that the source of the infection remains unknown as health authorities work to reconstruct her movements.
The patient is currently hospitalized, with improving biochemical markers, and investigations are also looking into potential contact with Kenya’s first Ebola case, as both individuals traveled from Entebbe Airport on the same day.
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