Abia designates specialist hospital as Ebola isolation centre

The Abia State Government in Nigeria has designated the Specialist Hospital and Diagnostic Centre in Amachara as an Ebola isolation centre, pending the completion of the Infectious Disease Hospital in Aba. This decision follows Nigeria’s ongoing response to the Ebola disease situation, particularly after the country confirmed its first case of the Bundibugyo strain in the Federal Capital Territory.

The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) had urged states to strengthen their Ebola preparedness, including arrangements for early detection, isolation, referral, laboratory diagnosis, infection prevention, and control, contact tracing, and risk communication. Abia State was classified as being at moderate risk of importation in the NCDC’s May 2026 preparedness advisory.

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