Nigeria has confirmed a case with Ebola in its capital, Abuja, after a woman who arrived from Uganda proved positive for the virus, the health ministry said.
The woman began to show symptoms on October 7th and was admitted to a hospital in Abuya four days later, where she was later diagnosed with Ebola. It is not clear that when it arrived in Nigeria, Africa’s most populated country, The Guardian writes.
Health Minister Muhammad Pate said authorities had begun tracking 44 persons identified as patients’ contacts. We are doing everything possible to contain this case by tracking all the contacts the individual may have had, he said, broadcast the signal.
A nurse in protective clothing works in a hospital room
Uganda’s health ministry said the patient had only passed through Uganda and that she is a Nigerian woman who had been on a work trip to the eastern region of Congo. Nigerian authorities have not discovered its nationality.
The trip across Uganda doesn’t prove the infection happened here. The location of the exposure remains under investigation, the ministry said in a statement. The ministry insisted that Uganda has no confirmed cases of Ebola active.
Nigeria is the last country to report a case with Ebola as the explosion spreads throughout the region. Kenya confirmed its first case earlier this month and has since recorded nine infections. Uganda had previously reported on Ebola, but later it declared itself free of the virus.
Dr Jean Kaseya, director general of the African Centers for Disease Control, said at X that we are facing an extremely serious threat, with a mortality rate of almost 50% of cases.
This Ebola explosion in Bundibugyo has already become the most geographically common in history, affecting several countries scattered in three regions of Africa, he said.
The Nigerian Center for Disease Control and Prevention said two weeks ago that it was increasing surveillance after Ebola’s discovery in Kenya and was strengthening the country’s preparation for a possible explosion.
These efforts have focused on early detection, isolation and reference, laboratory diagnosis, preventing and controlling infections, tracking contacts, risk communication and protection of healthcare workers, the agency said.
Nigeria established a working group for Ebola in June following the outbreak of the Congo epidemic in mid-May.
The spread of Ebola across Congo has raised fears among health authorities over the rapid transmission of the rare Bundibugyo virus, which has infected more than 9,500 people and killed more than 4,600 others.
The latest Ebola blast is the fastest ever recorded spread and is on track to exceed the most lethal number ever recorded, 11,000 people killed in the regional outbreak of West Africa between 2014 and 2016, O said BSH.
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