Nigeria and Kenya Ebola patients may have met at Uganda airport

Summarised from BBC World's report · Updated 23 Oct, 06:28 · Archive

Investigators are examining whether Ebola patients in Nigeria and Kenya crossed paths at Uganda's Entebbe airport on 3 October.

Health officials are investigating whether Ebola patients in Nigeria and Kenya may have crossed paths at Uganda's Entebbe International Airport on 3 October. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said they are examining whether the patients could have been exposed through shared equipment or other contact, though the agency's head of emergency preparedness and response stressed that no link had been established.

The Nigerian patient is a 42-year-old Ugandan-born woman living in Abuja who returned to Nigeria on 3 October after spending about two and a half weeks in Uganda, with a two-hour stopover in Addis Ababa. She developed symptoms four days after arriving in Abuja and tested positive for Ebola on 20 October. She is married to a Swiss diplomat and is receiving treatment in isolation, showing signs of improvement according to the World Health Organization. Her husband, who accompanied her to Uganda, is also in isolation but has not developed symptoms.

Nigeria is battling its first Ebola case in more than a decade, while Kenya has confirmed nine infections, including one death. Officials are now trying to establish where the Nigerian patient contracted the virus and whether her movements overlapped with those of the Kenyan patient.

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Nigeria and Kenya Ebola patients may have crossed paths at Uganda airport, officials sayOfficials say they both travelled through Entebbe International Airport on 3 October.BBC World · 23 Oct, 05:54

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