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  "id": 15795480,
  "title": "Nigeria Confirms First Ebola Case as African Outbreak Spreads",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/nigeria-confirms-first-ebola-case-as-african-outbreak-spreads",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-20T19:35:59.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/nigeria-confirms-first-ebola-case-as-african-outbreak-spreads-12595717"
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  "summary": "The WHO said that the imported case detected in Kenya, which came after travel, underscores the risk of international spread.",
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        "outlet": "This Day",
        "title": "Breaking: Nigeria Confirms Imported Ebola Case in FCT, Identifies 44 Contacts, Activates Emergency Response",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/breaking-nigeria-confirms-imported-ebola-case-in-fct-identifies-44",
        "published": "2026-10-20T17:56:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Sahara Reporters",
        "title": "Nigeria Confirms Ebola Case In FCT As Health Authorities Trace 44 Contacts Of Woman Arriving From Uganda",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/nigeria-confirms-ebola-case-in-fct-as-health-authorities-trace-44",
        "published": "2026-10-20T18:06:45.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Nation Africa",
        "title": "Nigeria confirms an Ebola case, health minister says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/nigeria-confirms-an-ebola-case-health-minister-says",
        "published": "2026-10-20T18:29:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Africa CDC seeks urgent global support after Nigeria confirms first Ebola case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/africa-cdc-seeks-urgent-global-support-after-nigeria-confirms-first",
        "published": "2026-10-20T19:04:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour Health",
        "title": "Nigeria confirms Ebola case in its capital as woman who arrived from Uganda tests positive",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/nigeria-confirms-ebola-case-in-its-capital-as-woman-who-arrived-from",
        "published": "2026-10-21T00:06:34.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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