Abuja, Oct 25, 2026 (AFP) - Nigeria widens hunt for possible Ebola cases

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2026-10-25

Nigeria has widened a hunt for potential Ebola cases, with an additional nine contacts traced, health authorities said Sunday. "As of now, we have 53 primary contacts," said Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) boss Jide Idris. The count was up from 44 people who had come in contact with a woman who fell ill with Ebola in the Nigerian capital Abuja. The woman, the 42-year-old wife of a Swiss embassy staff worker based in Abuja......

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