Nigeria: First Ebola Case Reported
Qiyas summary
Nigerian Health Minister Mohammed Ali Bati announced the first confirmed Ebola case in the capital, Abuja, involving a woman who had traveled to Uganda.
Translated by Qiyas from الراي — Original source
Nigerian Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate announced on Tuesday the confirmation of the first case of the Ebola virus in the capital, Abuja, following testing at a laboratory. The minister stated that the infected individual is a woman who had previously traveled to Uganda in East Africa. He told the Nigerian Television Authority that she is undergoing isolation and receiving high-quality medical care.
Contact tracing has been initiated and is ongoing, revealing that 44 individuals had indeed come into contact with her.
