Nigeria Reports Two Suspected Ebola Cases in North-East

Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has identified two suspected Ebola cases in the country’s North-East, but neither has been confirmed, the agency said. Both individuals have been isolated as contact identification and laboratory investigations continue. The NCDC said the infection status of the two people would depend on laboratory results. It did not provide a date for when those results would be available. Until testing establishes otherwise, the cases remain suspected, not confirmed. The report comes after Nigeria confirmed an Ebola infection involving the Bundibugyo strain during the current outbreak. The World Health Organisation confirmed on October 20 that a 42-year-old woman had tested positive after travelling from Uganda through Addis Ababa to Abuja. She reportedly developed symptoms on October 7, four days after arriving in Nigeria, and sought treatment at a private health facility in Abuja before her infection was confirmed. Following that diagnosis, the Federal Government activated its national incident management system. Health authorities began contact tracing and strengthened infection-prevention and control measures. The NCDC initially...