Nigeria Ebola Monitoring Efforts

Nigeria may declare itself Ebola-free by December 7, 2026, if no new cases arise, according to Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate. A female Ebola patient and her husband were evacuated to Switzerland for treatment, with no health risk posed to the country.

Nigeria may declare the Ebola outbreak over by December 7, 2026, if no new cases arise. Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate announced this following the medical evacuation of the index patient and her husband. Active surveillance continues with 52 contacts being monitored.

Nigeria's Ebola index patient and her spouse have safely arrived in Switzerland for treatment. The patient is at Geneva University Hospitals, while her husband is isolated at University Hospital Zurich. Contact tracing continues in Nigeria.