{
  "id": 16587960,
  "title": "Nigeria: Nigeria's Ebola Index Patient Evacuated From Abuja",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/nigeria-nigerias-ebola-index-patient-evacuated-from-abuja",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-26T10:45:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AllAfrica",
    "slug": "allafrica",
    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202610260288.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The wife of a Swiss diplomat in Nigeria has been evacuated as the country's Ebola index patient, according to ARISE News. She was airlifted from Abuja, Nigeria's capital, via private jet on Monday morning. The news channel reported witnessing a convoy of ambulances and diplomatic vehicles arriving at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport prior to the medical evacuation aircraft departing with the patient. It was further stated that the federal government was scheduled to announce the evacuation once the aircraft had left Nigerian airspace. AllAfrica, which aggregates news from various sources, reported the incident without providing additional context or information.",
  "summary": "[Premium Times] According to ARISE News, the woman, who is the wife of a Swiss diplomat in Nigeria, was evacuated early Monday through the private jet wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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    "outlets": 6,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Nairametrics",
        "title": "Nigeria’s Ebola index patient evacuated to Switzerland by air ambulance",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/nigerias-ebola-index-patient-evacuated-to-switzerland-by-air-ambulance",
        "published": "2026-10-26T09:14:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "UPDATED: Ebola patient evacuated to Switzerland with spouse — Minister",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/updated-ebola-patient-evacuated-to-switzerland-with-spouse-minister",
        "published": "2026-10-26T09:58:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "This Day",
        "title": "WHO: Nigeria Has No Ebola Cases After Patient’s Evacuation to Switzerland",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/who-nigeria-has-no-ebola-cases-after-patients-evacuation-to",
        "published": "2026-10-26T11:50:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BusinessDay Nigeria",
        "title": "Ebola: Pate confirms patient’s evacuation to Switzerland, says containment continues",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/ebola-pate-confirms-patients-evacuation-to-switzerland-says",
        "published": "2026-10-26T12:44:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Swiss Ebola patient in Nigeria evacuated to Switzerland",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/swiss-ebola-patient-in-nigeria-evacuated-to-switzerland",
        "published": "2026-10-26T13:14:30.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}