Ebola: Swiss woman evacuated from Nigeria recovers, discharged

A Swiss woman who contracted the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in Nigeria has been discharged from Geneva University Hospitals. She was evacuated from Nigeria in late October after testing positive for the virus on October 20. The woman, who was born in Uganda and is the wife of a Swiss diplomat, had reportedly spent a holiday in Uganda prior to returning to Abuja, where she developed symptoms.

Her case raised concerns about possible transmission within Nigeria, leading health authorities to identify 62 contacts, of which 10 remained under surveillance as of November 11. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed only one confirmed case, while seven suspected cases tested negative. The Bundibugyo virus outbreak, first identified in May, has affected parts of Africa, with the Democratic Republic of the Congo reporting over 11,000 confirmed cases, making it the second-largest Ebola outbreak on record.