Ebola: WHO hails Nigeria as 62 contacts complete monitoring, no new cases recorded

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has commended Nigeria for successfully completing the 21-day monitoring period for all 62 contacts linked to an imported case of Bundibugyo virus disease, with no secondary transmission detected. WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus praised the Nigerian government, health workers, and responders for their efforts in preventing the spread of the virus.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) announced on Friday that the last contact had completed the monitoring period and was discharged on November 13, with 13 contacts reporting fever or other non-specific symptoms during the monitoring period but all testing negative for the virus. Despite this positive development, NCDC Director-General Jide Idris cautioned that the outbreak had not officially ended, as Nigeria remains vigilant amid ongoing Ebola transmission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the NCDC's National Emergency Operations Centre remains activated at Level 3.

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