Africa CDC Chief Warns 'No Country Is Safe' As Ebola Reaches Nigeria
The Africa CDC has warned that the Ebola outbreak is spreading, with Nigeria reporting its first case in over a decade. Health officials are currently tracing contacts to determine the transmission source, as the virus continues to impact multiple African nations.
Why it matters
The potential for a cross-border Ebola outbreak poses a significant threat to public health stability in West and Central Africa.
The latest Ebola outbreak has killed nearly 4,700 people and is still spreading, with Nigeria recording its first case in more than a decade. The epidemic is not yet under control and tighter surveillance is needed, Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, told RFI.
The Nigerian patient is a woman who returned to the capital, Abuja , from Uganda on 3 October. Kaseya said she had stayed in Kampala , the Ugandan capital, and had never visited the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). If his account is correct, it would point to transmission in Uganda, which the Ugandan authorities deny.
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