{
  "id": 17574770,
  "title": "Nigeria’s Two Ebola Suspects Test Negative",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/nigerias-two-ebola-suspects-test-negative",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-01T09:09:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Rio Times",
    "slug": "the-rio-times",
    "url": "https://www.riotimesonline.com/nigeria-two-suspected-ebola-cases-test-negative-2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On 31 October 2026, Nigeria's disease control agency, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), announced that two suspected Ebola cases in the northeast had tested negative. This left the country with only one confirmed Ebola case, a woman who had arrived from Uganda and been confirmed on 20 October. The two suspected cases were isolated, and contact tracing had begun, but both tested negative after two rounds of testing. No laboratory-confirmed cases were reported in Adamawa State. NCDC Director-General Jide Idris confirmed the negative results, stating \"Fortunately, the samples turned out negative for EVD after two rounds of testing.\"",
  "summary": "Two suspected Ebola cases in Adamawa State, Nigeria, tested negative twice on 31 October 2026. The country still has one confirmed case. The post Nigeria’s Two Ebola Suspects Test Negative appeared first on The Rio Times .",
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  "editors_take": null,
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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."
}