{
  "id": 15895624,
  "title": "Nigeria says first Ebola case is same strain as DR Congo outbreak",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/nigeria-says-first-ebola-case-is-same-strain-as-dr-congo-outbreak",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-21T13:11:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/africa/nigeria-says-first-ebola-case-is-same-strain-as-dr-congo-outbreak-2-1.500718642"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Lagos: The first Ebola case detected in Nigeria is the Bundibugyo strain, which is behind a major DR Congo outbreak, and the patient is a diplomat, an emergency meeting heard on Wednesday. The case in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, was detected in a woman who had travelled from Uganda to the capital, Abuja, on October 3, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said.…",
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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."
}