Nigeria Ebola Patient Reported Evacuated From Abuja

Nigeria’s only confirmed Ebola patient was reported to have left the country on a medical evacuation flight from Abuja on October 26, though the federal government had not publicly confirmed the departure in reports published that day. The reported evacuation was attributed to ARISE News. The patient was identified as a 42-year-old Ugandan-born woman who is married to a Swiss diplomat based in Abuja and holds Swiss citizenship. Her destination was not established in the reports, and the Swiss foreign ministry had not immediately responded to a request for comment. Nigeria’s health minister, Muhammad Ali Pate, said the woman’s condition had much improved and that she was stable, conscious and communicating. He cautioned that the improvement did not mean she was no longer infectious. The patient had been receiving care in isolation, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). The NCDC said 53 contacts had been identified. As of October 24, none had developed symptoms or tested positive, the agency said. In an October 25 statement, it said monitoring would continue for 21 days from each contact’s latest possible exposure. The patient arrived in...