Nigeria evacuates Swiss woman with Ebola to Switzerland

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 26 Oct, 13:37 · Archive

Nigeria has medically evacuated a Swiss woman being treated for Ebola to Switzerland, where she will continue her care.

A Swiss woman being treated for Ebola in Nigeria was medically evacuated to Switzerland with her husband on Monday, Nigerian Health Minister Muhammad Pate said. The woman was Nigeria's first case in the current outbreak. She tested positive after returning to Abuja from Uganda, though authorities had not established how she contracted the virus. Switzerland's foreign ministry said she was believed to have been infected while travelling to Uganda with her husband and had not visited Congo.

Her condition had improved significantly by the time of evacuation. Pate said she was stable, conscious and able to communicate. "This does not mean she is not still infectious, hence the strict protocols in place," he wrote on X. Her husband, a Swiss diplomat, has shown no symptoms.

The World Health Organization's regional director for Africa, Mohamed Janabi, said the evacuation was arranged because the couple are Swiss citizens and Nigerian medical teams had stabilized the woman. Switzerland will take over her care and monitor her husband. Nigeria will continue monitoring 52 other people who had been in contact with her. Pate said containment measures remained in place and urged vigilance, while Janabi stressed that "vigilance remained critical" despite Nigeria currently having no Ebola cases.

How it is being reported

• Nigeria evacuates Ebola patient to Switzerland as authorities monitor 52 contactsA Swiss woman being treated for Ebola in Nigeria has been medically evacuated to Switzerland with her husband.Clickorlando · 26 Oct, 13:13
• Nigeria evacuates Ebola patient to Switzerland as authorities monitor 52 contactsA Swiss woman being treated for Ebola in Nigeria has been medically evacuated to Switzerland with her husband.News4Jax · 26 Oct, 13:13

In this story: Nigeria · Switzerland · Abuja · Uganda · Muhammad Pate · Mohamed Janabi · World Health Organization

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