Ebola patient and Swiss diplomat husband flown to Switzerland

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 26 Oct, 18:50 · Archive

A woman with Ebola and her Swiss diplomat husband have been admitted to hospitals in Switzerland after being flown from Nigeria.

A woman with Ebola and her Swiss diplomat spouse have arrived in Switzerland for treatment, having been flown from Nigeria. The woman is being treated at Geneva University Hospital for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, which originated in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Her husband is isolated at University Hospital Zurich as a close contact. Swiss authorities said both hospitals are equipped to handle such cases safely and that the situation poses no risk to public health.

The woman, Ugandan-born and based in Abuja, is Nigeria's first confirmed Ebola patient in more than a decade. Nigerian Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate said her clinical condition had improved and she was 'stable, conscious, communicating' with test results reverting towards 'baseline'. Her husband had no symptoms and left Nigeria on the same flight.

Officials are investigating how the woman was infected, with focus on a two-week holiday she spent in Uganda before returning to Abuja. The Bundibugyo outbreak has now spread to east, central and west Africa, representing the widest geographic spread of any Ebola outbreak on the continent to date. Africa CDC director-general Jean Kaseya said experts would travel to Nigeria to investigate the case.

How it is being reported

• Nigeria Ebola patient, spouse arrive at Swiss hospitalsA woman infected with the Ebola virus and her husband have been flown from Nigeria to hospitals in Switzerland, authorities say.Perth Now · 26 Oct, 18:15
• Nigeria Ebola patient, spouse arrive at Swiss hospitalsA woman infected with the Ebola virus and her husband have been flown from Nigeria to hospitals in Switzerland, authorities say.The West Australian · 26 Oct, 18:15

In this story: Nigeria · Switzerland · Geneva University Hospital · University Hospital Zurich · Democratic Republic of Congo · Uganda · Muhammad Ali Pate · Jean Kaseya

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