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  "id": 16510830,
  "title": "Ebola: NCDC urges hospitals to act before laboratory confirmation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/ebola-ncdc-urges-hospitals-to-act-before-laboratory-confirmation",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-25T17:55:28.000Z",
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  "summary": "The NCDC Director-General, Jide Idris, gave the directive during a media briefing in Abuja on Sunday, stressing that healthcare workers must promptly identify and report suspected cases without waiting for laboratory confirmation. The post Ebola: NCDC urges hospitals to act before laboratory confirmation appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria .",
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        "published": "2026-10-25T13:48:33.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "[BREAKING] Ebola: NCDC approves N100,000 weekly payment for contacts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/breaking-ebola-ncdc-approves-n100-000-weekly-payment-for-contacts",
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        "outlet": "Nairametrics",
        "title": "NCDC identifies two suspected Ebola cases, traces 53 primary contacts",
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        "published": "2026-10-25T15:58:46.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Ebola: NCDC to pay contacts in isolation N100,000 weekly",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/ebola-ncdc-to-pay-contacts-in-isolation-n100-000-weekly",
        "published": "2026-10-25T16:38:30.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Trust",
        "title": "Ebola: NCDC to pay contacts N100,000 weekly",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/ebola-ncdc-to-pay-contacts-n100-000-weekly",
        "published": "2026-10-25T17:09:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BusinessDay Nigeria",
        "title": "NCDC to pay quarantined Ebola contacts N100,000 weekly",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/ncdc-to-pay-quarantined-ebola-contacts-n100-000-weekly",
        "published": "2026-10-25T18:56:49.000Z"
      }
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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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