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  "id": 15827730,
  "title": "Nigeria confirms Ebola case as outbreak spreads into western Africa",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/nigeria-confirms-ebola-case-as-outbreak-spreads-into-western-africa",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-21T00:14:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/21/nigeria-first-ebola-case-africa-outbreak-latest"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Case in Africa’s most populous country was detected in a woman who had travelled from Uganda Nigeria has confirmed an Ebola case in its capital, Abuja, after a woman who arrived from Uganda tested positive for the virus, the health ministry said. The woman began showing symptoms on 7 October and was admitted to a hospital in Abuja four days later, where she was later diagnosed with Ebola. It is…",
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      {
        "outlet": "NPR Health",
        "title": "Nigeria confirms an Ebola case in Abuja in a woman who arrived from Uganda",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/nigeria-confirms-an-ebola-case-in-abuja-in-a-woman-who-arrived-from",
        "published": "2026-10-20T20:19:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Nigeria records first Ebola case as outbreak spreads across Africa",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/nigeria-records-first-ebola-case-as-outbreak-spreads-across-africa",
        "published": "2026-10-20T23:18:58.000Z"
      }
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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."
}