The Federal Government has confirmed a case of Ebola
disease in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof.
Muhammad Ali Pate, disclosed this in a statement issued on October 20. He said
a woman who recently returned from Uganda has tested positive for the disease.
According to the statement, the woman arrived in
Nigeria on an international flight from Uganda and was admitted to a private
hospital in the FCT, where she received treatment for several days before the
diagnosis was confirmed.
She is currently in isolation and receiving medical
care. Health workers have begun contact tracing, and 44 close contacts have
been identified so far.
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