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  "title": "BREAKING: Nigeria’s lone Ebola patient evacuated to Switzerland",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/breaking-nigerias-lone-ebola-patient-evacuated-to-switzerland",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-26T09:22:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Trust",
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    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/breaking-nigerias-lone-ebola-patient-evacuated-to-switzerland/"
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  "summary": "Nigeria’s index case of the imported Ebola virus disease has been evacuated to Switzerland for further care, Minister of Health, Ali Pate, has said. Pate disclosed that the patient departed Abuja earlier Monday with his approval, adding that her spouse, who has remained asymptomatic, accompanied her. In a statement, the minister said the patient’s clinical […]",
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