Nigeria and Kenya Ebola patients may have crossed paths at Uganda airport, officials say
Summary
Health officials are investigating if two Ebola patients from Nigeria and Kenya met or shared equipment at Uganda's Entebbe airport on October 3. Both patients traveled through the airport on the same day, but no clear link has been found yet, and experts are still trying to identify where the Nigerian patient caught the virus.Key Facts
- Two Ebola patients, one from Nigeria and one from Kenya, traveled through Entebbe airport in Uganda on October 3.
- Health officials are checking if the patients crossed paths or shared contact at the airport.
- Nigeria has its first Ebola case in over 10 years; Kenya has nine cases and one death.
- The Nigerian patient is a 42-year-old Ugandan-born woman living in Abuja, currently improving in isolation.
- The Kenyan patient died and was the first Ebola death in Kenya during this outbreak.
- The Nigerian woman traveled through Ethiopia and Uganda before returning to Nigeria.
- Health authorities are conducting genome sequencing to track the patient's virus strain and possible infection source.
- Uganda has no confirmed active Ebola cases and says traveling through the country doesn't mean infection occurred there.
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