Nigeria investigates two suspected Ebola cases in the northeast
Health · First reported 31 Oct, 17:56 · Updated 18:22
Nigeria’s health authorities are investigating two suspected Ebola cases in the northeast, isolating the individuals and conducting laboratory tests. The cases have not been confirmed; the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said confirmation depends on test results.
- Nigeria’s health authorities are investigating two suspected Ebola cases in the northeast.
- Both individuals have been isolated; contact identification and laboratory testing are underway.
- The cases remain suspected, not confirmed, pending laboratory results.
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- Suspected cases
- Two, in northeast Nigeria.
- Status
- Suspected, not confirmed; laboratory testing is underway.
- Response
- Both individuals have been isolated, and contact identification is ongoing.
- First Nigerian case in more than a decade
- Al Jazeera says Nigeria declared its first case in more than a decade on October 20.
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- A previous Lux story reported more than 5,000 Ebola deaths and more than 10,000 infections in the DRC outbreak. [f61ddbc6-7354-4d02-b517-6a95b70772f0]
- A previous Lux story said Uganda asked the African Union to consider a standby force for the outbreak response and that health officials agreed to strengthen cross-border surveillance and information-sharing. [4511f0f4-097f-4aea-ae41-f95e4d988373]
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