- Nigeria's first Ebola case in over a decade involves a Ugandan woman returning from Uganda
- The Nigerian government is focused on containing the viral infection
Updated 22 October 2026 19:20
DAKAR: The World Health Organization was not told that Nigeria’s Ebola patient had traveled to Congo, the WHO’s representative in Nigeria said on Thursday, after Uganda said she had visited the country.
Nigeria’s government has said the country’s first Ebola case in more than a decade involved a Ugandan woman who had recently arrived from a trip there.
Uganda’s health ministry said the woman had traveled to Congo, where the outbreak was first declared in mid-May.
Pavel Ursu, the WHO representative, told an online press conference: “The information supplied to WHO did not include travel to another country (other than Uganda).”
Ursu added that the focus in Nigeria was now on containing the viral infection and that the patient remained hospitalized, with her biochemical markers improving.