Nigeria confirm Ebola case for Abuja, 44 contacts dey monitored
- Federal Government don confirm one Ebola case for FCT, Abuja.
- The patient na woman wey arrive from Uganda and she dey isolation now.
- Health authorities don identify 44 close contacts and dem dey monitor dem.
Nigeria Federal Government don confirm one case of Ebola for Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The patient na woman wey recently fly enter di country from Uganda.
Di Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, announce di development for statement on Tuesday, 20 October 2026. He talk say dem first treat di woman for one private hospital for FCT for several days before laboratory tests confirm Ebola. She dey isolation now and she dey receive medical care.
Public health teams don already identify 44 people wey get close contact with di woman. Dem include healthcare workers, other patients, caregivers and people she fit meet during her travel. Authorities dey work to find and monitor anybody else wey fit don expose.
Wetin go happen next
Di Federal Ministry of Health, di Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) and di FCT Health Services Secretariat dey lead di response. Dem don increase surveillance, and di private hospital where dem treat di woman dey get support to tighten infection control.
Dem don put all public and private hospitals across di country on high alert. Dem ask health workers to dey vigilant, isolate any suspected case immediately and report to public health authorities without delay.
Pate urge Nigerians to stay calm and follow basic precautions: wash hands regularly with soap and water, and avoid touching di blood or body fluids of anybody wey dem suspect get Ebola. He also warn against spreading rumours or stigmatising people wey fit don expose.
According to di World Health Organisation, Ebola dey spread through direct contact with di blood or body fluids of infected people, or with contaminated objects and surfaces. People wey get di virus no dey transmit am before symptoms appear, and di incubation period na from two to 21 days.
Symptoms to watch out for include fever, severe weakness, headache, vomiting and diarrhoea, especially for anybody wey fit don expose. Anybody wey get symptoms suppose avoid close contact with others and call health authorities for guidance before going to hospital.
Dem ask people wey tracing teams contact, including airline passengers wey fit don expose, to provide di information wey dem need and follow official advice.
Nigeria successfully contain Ebola outbreak for 2014 after one infected traveller bring di disease enter di country. Dat response rely on quick case identification, isolation, contact tracing and coordinated public health action.
Pate talk say Nigeria get di experience and systems to handle dis case, but he stress say stopping further spread go depend on public cooperation.
Di Presidential Task Force on Ebola Virus Disease and di NCDC go continue to provide updates. For information or to report suspected case, di NCDC toll-free line 6232 dey available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
