•Healthcare workers put on their personal protective equipment The number of contacts linked to the index case of Ebola recorded in October 2026 has risen to 53, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said. The agency said the contacts comprise health workers as well as the domestic staff and spouse of […]
•Volunteers put on their personal protective equipment The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, says genomic sequencing reveals a close similarity between the Ebola virus detected in Nigeria and the strain identified in Kenya’s first imported case, with the analysis indicating that the two viral samples differ by...
•Health minister, Ali Pate Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Dr Muhammed Ali Pate, has called on Nigerians not to panic over the outbreak of Ebola in the country, saying that the federal government has what it takes to contain the spread of the disease. Pate said this at the Presidential Villa after meeting with […]
•Ebola outbreak Following the reported case of Ebola in Abuja, the Anambra State government said the state Epidemiology Unit has commenced the reinforcement, preparedness and continuous monitoring of persons of interest, referred to the state through the national surveillance system. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike, stated t...
•Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says it is maintaining heightened vigilance across airport operations, following the confirmation of the country’s first Ebola case in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). It said it is working with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevent...
•Dr. Alero Roberts Delayed diagnosis and a dearth of essential medical resources continue to hinder Nigeria’s public health response more than the nature of the Ebola virus, a professor at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Dr. Alero Roberts, has said. Roberts explained that the pathogen’s behaviour remains unchanged and predictable...
•Health workers The federal government has confirmed a case of Ebola disease in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and commenced contact tracing to prevent further transmission of the infection. The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, disclosed this yesterday, following laboratory confirmation of the case involving a woma...
The federal government has reportedly commenced contact tracing after a suspected imported case of Ebola disease was identified in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), with 44 close contacts said to have been identified. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, was quoted as disclosing this in a statemen...
Nigeria has heightened surveillance and preparedness against Ebola disease following confirmation of an imported case in Kenya, as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) moves to strengthen the country’s defences against possible cross-border transmission. The development has renewed attention to the risks posed by intern...
•Ebola outbreak Kenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the health minister announced today, after a Kenyan man who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo died after returning to the country. The man, who has not been named, fell ill around a month ago and had been treated in the DRC, Health […]
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