Nigeria Confirms First Ebola Case Linked to East Africa, Bundibugyo Strain

The exact date of the patient's arrival in Abuja is reported as October 3, 2026, by Dawn, while other sources do not specify the date.

The patient's condition is reported as 'multi-organ failure' by Dawn, while other sources do not specify the severity of the illness.

The WHO's warning about the 'complex' outbreak is mentioned in multiple sources, but the exact phrasing varies.

The number of contacts identified by Nigeria is reported as 44 by Dawn, while other sources do not specify the number.

LAGOS: The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that Africa faces 'complex' Ebola spread after the virus spread from East Africa to Nigeria, marking the first case detected in the western part of the continent.

Ebola spread raises regional alarm in Africa, urging coordination  Xinhua

Nigeria announced on Tuesday the first case of the virus in West Africa, imported from the Bundibugyo strain.

Nigerian health authorities announced the first case of Ebola virus in the country within the current outbreak, after laboratory tests confirmed the infection of a woman who arrived in the capital Abuja after traveling through Uganda. The World Health Organization confirmed that the case is linked to the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, which has been spreading since the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo last May. The organization [...] reported

Nigeria has recorded a case of Ebola in a female patient who travelled from Uganda in East Africa to Abuja, capital of the West African state. Health minister Muhammad Pate says the diagnosis had been confirmed by laboratory tests. The patient, who health sources have told the BBC is not Nigerian and is the wife […] The post Nigeria confirms Ebola case linked to East Africa appeared first on The Namibian.

Nigeria reports Ebola case as outbreak reaches West Africa  Reuters

The female patient, who sources have told the BBC is not Nigerian, is in isolation and in an Abuja hospital.

The first Ebola case detected in Nigeria is the Bundibugyo strain, which is behind a major DR Congo outbreak, and the patient is a diplomat, an emergency meeting heard on Wednesday. The case in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, was detected in a woman who had travelled from Uganda to the capital Abuja on Oct 3, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said. Since the Ebola outbreak was declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo in mid-May, the deadly viral haemorrhagic fever has spread to several countries across the continent, including to neighbouring Uganda. “We did three levels of tests, but all molecular. The strain was Bundibugyo,” Olajumoke Babatunde, director of the public health laboratory service at the NCDC said. The World Health Organisation (WHO) also confirmed that it was the Bundibugyo strain, for which there is still neither a vaccine nor a specific treatment. “This person is actually a diplomat,” another official said, adding the patient has deteriorated into “multi-organ failure”. The director general of Africa CDC, Jean Kaseya, warned on Tuesday of “an extremely serious threat” as Kenya also declared its ninth Ebola case. In several months, the DRC’s Ebola epidemic has become the deadliest in the country’s history, killing 4,381 people out of more than 9,000 confirmed cases, according to the health authorities. Nigeria has identified 44 contacts that are being monitored, while intensifying efforts to find other people who may have been exposed. The WHO said in a statement that infection prevention and control was being “ramped up” at the private hospital where the patient sought care.

We did three levels of tests, but all molecular. The strain was Bundibugyo, confirms Olajumoke Babatunde, Director, Public Health Lab Service at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.