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  "id": 15804376,
  "title": "Nigeria records first Ebola case as outbreak spreads",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/nigeria-records-first-ebola-case-as-outbreak-spreads-15804376",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-20T20:55:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/highlight/2026/10/21/nigeria-records-first-ebola-case-as-outbreak-spreads"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nigeria has recorded its first Ebola case of Africa's latest outbreak, as neighboring Kenya reported its ninth case, raising concerns about an extremely serious threat. The Nigerian woman contracted the virus while traveling from Uganda to Abuja, while Kenya's health ministry confirmed the ninth Ebola case in the continent-wide outbreak. The ongoing Ebola Bundibugyo epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo has become the most geographically widespread in history, affecting multiple countries across three regions of Africa. The Ebola outbreak has spread from central Africa to the continent's east and west, prompting the director general of Africa CDC to urge the international community to send aid.",
  "summary": "The case in Africa's most populous country was detected in a woman who had travelled from Uganda.",
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        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "Nigeria records first Ebola case as outbreak spreads",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/nigeria-records-first-ebola-case-as-outbreak-spreads",
        "published": "2026-10-20T19:54:49.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Nigeria records first Ebola case as outbreak spreads",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/nigeria-records-first-ebola-case-as-outbreak-spreads-15803224",
        "published": "2026-10-20T20:55:21.000Z"
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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."
}