Lagos, Oct 21, 2026 (AFP) - Nigeria says first Ebola case is same strain as DR Congo outbreak

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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 October 3, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said. Since the Ebola outbreak was declared in the Democratic R......

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