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  "id": 16203903,
  "title": "Ebola: Africa CDC assures patient confidentiality amid contact tracing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/ebola-africa-cdc-assures-patient-confidentiality-amid-contact-tracing",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-23T17:02:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/health/health-news/919697-ebola-africa-cdc-assures-patient-confidentiality-amid-contact-tracing.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs has revealed that a 42-year-old Swiss national, who is the wife of a Swiss embassy staff member in Abuja, is the Ebola patient in Nigeria. According to Daily Post Nigeria, the woman was born in Uganda and resides in Abuja. She has been hospitalized at a private clinic in the Nigerian capital for approximately one week after developing symptoms, and is believed to have contracted the virus while traveling in Uganda about two weeks ago. Her husband, who traveled with her to Uganda, is currently in isolation and has not shown symptoms.\n\nThe Swiss government has denied claims made by Ugandan authorities that the patient traveled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) before falling ill, according to Nairametrics. Amid the outbreak investigation and contact tracing, the Africa CDC has emphasized the importance of protecting patient privacy, stating that information would not be disclosed publicly, according to Premium Times.",
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      },
      {
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        "title": "Kenya reports second Ebola death, a close relative of first patient",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/kenya-reports-second-ebola-death-a-close-relative-of-first-patient",
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      }
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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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