Health

Ebola Outbreak In Nigeria

20 Oct to 23 Oct

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Mark HallamDeutsche Welle
Associated PressThe Guardian
Ope AdetayoToronto Star
ReutersNew York Post
Simi JolaosoBBC
Makuochi OkaforBBC
The Straits TimesThe Straits Times
Monika PronczukToronto Star
Agence France-PresseSouth China Morning Post

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Nigeria is the latest country to report an Ebola case as the outbreak spreads across the region.

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More than 9,700 people have been infected, nearly half of whom have died, making it the deadliest Ebola outbreak in Congo’s history and the fastest-growing in the world.

5 of 8 outletsfirst reported 20 Octwording from Toronto Star

Asked for comment, Ugandan government spokesperson Alan Kasujja said: "There's no Ebola in Uganda."

3 of 8 outletsfirst reported 20 Octwording from CBC

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Africa CDC calls an Ebola crisis summit as Nigeria records its first case Toronto Star

How it changed

20 Oct
Nigeria's Health Ministry on Tuesday confirmed that the country had recorded its first known case of Ebola in the current outbreak.
5 outlets · Deutsche Welle
21 Oct
The Nigerian case involves a Ugandan woman who arrived in Nigeria’s capital Abuja via Addis Ababa on October 5, Odianosen Ehiakhamen of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control told Arise TV on Tuesday
3 outlets · New York Post

Coverage 10 articles

23 Oct WHO warns Africa faces ‘complex’ Ebola outbreak as virus reaches Nigeria
South China Morning Post
22 Oct What to know about Ebola outbreak that has spread from Congo to multiple African countries
Toronto Star
22 Oct WHO was not told that Nigeria's Ebola patient travelled to Congo, official says
The Straits Times
22 Oct Late detection in Nigeria raises alarm as Ebola spreads across Africa
The Straits Times
21 Oct Nigeria's first Ebola patient holidayed in Uganda, officials say
BBC
21 Oct Nigeria becomes fourth African country to report Ebola case — its first in over a decade
New York Post
21 Oct Africa CDC calls an Ebola crisis summit as Nigeria records its first case
Toronto Star
21 Oct Nigeria confirms Ebola case as outbreak spreads into western Africa
The Guardian
20 Oct Nigeria confirms case of Ebola in capital city of Abuja
CBC
20 Oct Nigeria records its first Ebola case, in capital Abuja
Deutsche Welle

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