Ebola: FG Tightens Surveillance, Screening, Infected Woman Identified as Swiss Diplomat’s Wife
* Kenya Reports Second Death from the disease * WHO says source of infection remains unknown, calls for regional vigilance * Nigeria’s NCDC begins genomic sequencing *Edo sets up emergency
The Nigerian government has intensified Ebola control measures following the confirmation of the country's first case in over a decade. The infected individual is the wife of a Swiss diplomat, a 42-year-old Ugandan-born woman who tested positive for the virus on October 20. The Swiss Foreign Ministry confirmed the diagnosis, stating that her husband is currently in isolation without symptoms.
The woman had been in Uganda earlier in October and developed symptoms four days after returning to Nigeria. The federal government has directed ministries and agencies to enforce strict screening, surveillance, and entry protocols, while Edo State has established an emergency response committee. Kenya has also reported its second Ebola death, with the victim being a close relative of a Kenyan man who died of the disease earlier this month.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) are urging regional vigilance due to the unknown source of infection.
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