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Nigeria has confirmed an Ebola case in the capital, Abuja, after laboratory tests detected the virus in a woman who travelled from Uganda. Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate said the patient is in isolation and receiving medical care, with 44 contacts identified for tracing. Uganda said the woman had travelled to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo before transiting through the country, adding that the location of infection remains under investigation.


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Nigeria has confirmed an Ebola case in the capital, Abuja, after laboratory tests detected the virus in a woman who travelled from Uganda. Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate said the patient is in isolation and receiving medical care, with 44 contacts identified for tracing.

Uganda said the woman had travelled to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo before transiting through the country, adding that the location of infection remains under investigation.