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Nigeria ends 21-day Ebola contact monitoring with no secondary transmission

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Nigerian health authorities have completed a 21-day monitoring period for 62 contacts of a Swiss woman who contracted the Ebola virus after traveling to Uganda. While thirteen contacts reported fever or non-specific symptoms, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that none of the individuals tested positive for the virus. The report emphasizes that while this specific monitoring period is finished, an official end-of-outbreak declaration cannot be made until a full 42-day countdown from the last patient's recovery or departure is complete.
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Al JazeeraThis outlet13 Nov

Nigerian health authorities have completed a 21-day monitoring period for 62 contacts of a Swiss woman who contracted the Ebola virus after traveling to Uganda. While thirteen contacts reported fever or non-specific symptoms, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that none of the individuals tested positive for the virus. The report emphasizes that while this specific monitoring period is…

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The Straits Times13 Nov

Nigeria's Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Friday that it has concluded the 21-day monitoring period for 62 contacts linked to a Swiss woman's imported Ebola case. While 13 of these contacts reported fever or other symptoms, all tested negative for the virus and no secondary transmissions were recorded. The report notes that while contact monitoring is complete, an official…

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DRC NCDC Nigeria Nigerian Uganda

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Nigeria GPE · 4× DRC GPE · 3× NCDC ORG · 3× Nigerian NORP · 2× Uganda GPE · 2× 4Kenya GPE · 1× 4WHO ORG · 1× DR Congo GPE · 1× Swiss NORP · 1× Switzerland GPE · 1×

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This latest Ebola outbreak was first identified in Ituri in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in May.

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Nigerian health authorities say they have completed a 21-day monitoring period for the 62 contacts of a person who contracted the Ebola virus, with none of them falling ill. asserted
none → say → them
Nigeria confirmed its first Ebola case in more than a decade on October 20 in a Swiss woman who had travelled to Uganda and then returned to Nigeria. asserted
who → confirm → Nigeria
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4Kenya → probe → status
The patient and her husband were evacuated to Switzerland where she recovered fully and has been discharged from hospital. asserted
she → evacuate → hospital
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said on Friday that none of the 62 contacts identified after the first case have developed the disease, with the last contact just discharged. asserted
contact → say → disease
Thirteen contacts reported fever or other non-specific symptoms during monitoring, but all of them tested negative for the virus, the NCDC said. asserted
NCDC → report → virus
The agency added, however, that completing contact monitoring does not by itself mean the outbreak is over. asserted
outbreak → add → itself
According to World Health Organization (WHO) protocols, a country must complete a full 42-day countdown from the recovery or departure of the last confirmed patient before an official end-of-outbreak declaration can be made. uncertain
declaration → accord → outbreak
Ebola is highly contagious and spreads through direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person, including blood and vomit, or through contact with contaminated materials and surfaces, such as bedding and clothing. asserted
Ebola → spread → bedding
This latest Ebola outbreak was first identified in Ituri in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in May. uncertain
outbreak → identify → May
Since then, Ebola cases have been reported in eight provinces in the DRC, as well as in Uganda, France, Kenya and most recently, Nigeria. asserted
cases → report → Uganda
The NCDC said seven Ebola alerts across five Nigerian states over the past three weeks were investigated, but all seven tested negative. asserted
seven → say → weeks
It has infected more than 11,000 people and killed more than 5,000, according to government data. uncertain
It → infect → data
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