NIGERIA: Nigeria has recorded a case of Ebola in a female patient who travelled from Uganda in East Africa to Abuja, capital of the West African state.
Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate said the diagnosis had been confirmed by laboratory tests.
The patient is in isolation and receiving medical care after being admitted to a hospital in Abuja.
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Health authorities have begun contact-tracing to prevent further spread, with 44 close contacts of the woman identified.
Nigeria, the first West African state to report a case linked to the current Ebola crisis in East Africa, successfully stopped a previous outbreak in 2014.