Ebola

The Senate has moved to strengthen Nigeria’s response to the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak, ordering compulsory health and symptom screening at all entry points and directing its committees to fast-track the amendment of the country’s 100-year-old Quarantine Act.

Simon Health Initiative (SHIAfrica) has called for an urgent, coordinated public health response following the Federal Government’s reported confirmation of an imported case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Abuja, warning that early intervention is critical to preventing further transmission.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, has postponed its Contractors and Partners Chief Executive Officers’ Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Conference scheduled for Abuja, following the confirmation of an Ebola case in the Federal Capital Territory.

The United States Mission in Nigeria has warned American citizens in the country to take precautionary health measures following the Federal Government’s confirmation of a case of Bundibugyo virus disease, a form of Ebola.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised countries against imposing travel or trade restrictions on nations affected by the Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak, even as Nigerian health authorities monitor 44 contacts following confirmation of an imported case in Abuja.

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has tightened surveillance across Nigerian airports following the confirmation of an Ebola Virus Disease case in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

The Federal Government confirmed the case on Tuesday, October 20, saying the patient, a woman who recently arrived in Nigeria on an international flight from Uganda, had been admitted to a private hospital in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), where she received treatment for several days before laboratory tests confirmed Ebola.

The sudden increase represents the clearest indication yet that the imported infection has triggered local transmission in Kenya, although health authorities insist the virus remains confined to known contacts and there is no evidence of uncontrolled community spread.

Kenya's Ebola emergency has deepened with the confirmation of a third infection, involving a 65-year-old woman, as health authorities keep 127 contacts under quarantine and intensify efforts to locate three others linked to the country's first fatal case.

Kenya's battle to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus has intensified following confirmation of a second case, with 108 contacts placed in quarantine and authorities racing to locate 15 others who may have been exposed to the country's first infected patient.