Health
Nigeria confirms first Ebola case since 2014
October 20, 2026 at 08:57 PM · Updated 7h ago
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4 reports · 3 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 14 hours
AJAl Jazeera Arabic
إيبولا يصل أبوجا ونيجيريا تستنفر لمواجهة شبح التفشي
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SNSky News Arabia
إيبولا يصل نيجيريا.. ومخاوف من اتساع التفشي في إفريقيا
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BNBBC News
Nigeria confirms Ebola case linked to East Africa
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يواليوم السابع
نيجيريا تسجيل أول إصابة بـ إيبولا في البلاد منذ تفشي الوباء عام 2014
(opens the publisher’s site)Nigeria has confirmed its first Ebola case since the 2014 outbreak after a woman who traveled from Uganda tested positive in Abuja.
- Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate said laboratory tests confirmed the diagnosis.
- The patient is in isolation at an Abuja hospital while authorities trace 44 close contacts.
- Nigeria is the first West African state to report a case from the current East Africa outbreak.
- The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control reports the Democratic Republic of Congo outbreak has killed at least 4,600 people.
- Uganda's health ministry said it has no active confirmed Ebola cases in the current outbreak.
- Africa CDC chief Jean Kasia warned the Bundibugyo strain outbreak has become the most geographically widespread in history, urging international action.