Health authorities probe two suspected Ebola cases in northeast Nigeria
Summary
Nigeria is investigating two suspected Ebola cases in the northeast. The individuals have been isolated, and health authorities are tracing contacts and conducting laboratory tests; the cases are not confirmed. The suspected cases follow an imported case reported in Nigeria on October 20, linked to the Bundibugyo strain circulating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).Key Facts
- Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention announced the two suspected cases on Saturday.
- Both individuals have been isolated while authorities identify and list their contacts.
- Laboratory testing is under way, and officials said suspected cases are not confirmed Ebola infections.
- On October 20, Nigeria reported its first Ebola case in more than a decade, involving a Swiss woman who had traveled from Uganda and tested positive.
- The woman and her husband, a Swiss diplomat, were evacuated to Switzerland on Monday.
- The Bundibugyo strain has been reported in the DRC, Uganda, France, Kenya and Nigeria.
- The DRC outbreak began in May and has produced more than 10,300 confirmed cases across eight provinces, according to the article.
- The article says there is no approved treatment or vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain, while vaccine trials are under way.
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