Nigeria’s first Ebola patient holidayed in Uganda, officials say
Nigeria’s first confirmed case of Ebola since the outbreak in East Africa began in May is the wife of a diplomat who travelled to Uganda’s capital for a holiday, the head of Africa’s health agency has told the BBC. The woman is originally from Uganda but based in Abuja, where she fell ill three days [...] The post Nigeria’s first Ebola patient holidayed in Uganda, officials say appeared first on…
Nigeria has its first confirmed Ebola case since the outbreak in East Africa began in May, according to the head of Africa's health agency, Dr Jean Kaseya. The woman, who is originally from Uganda but currently living in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, fell ill on October 3, three days after returning from a holiday in Uganda. She spent two and a half weeks in Kampala and made a two-hour stopover in Ethiopia's capital on her way back.
According to Nigeria's health minister, the patient is stable and improving, and none of the 44 people she had contact with have developed symptoms. The incubation period for Ebola is between two to 21 days, which means the patient's symptoms may not have appeared immediately after exposure. Ebola is a severe and often fatal disease that spreads through contact with infected bodily fluids.
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