Swiss Ebola patient discharged as Nigeria contacts finish monitoring

A Swiss woman who tested positive for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in Nigeria has recovered and was discharged from Geneva University Hospitals on November 11. Nigeria’s health authorities say the infection remains the country’s only confirmed case, with no further confirmed cases or deaths reported.

The woman tested positive on October 20 after returning to Abuja from Uganda. She was flown to Switzerland for treatment. Geneva University Hospitals said medical personnel confirmed her recovery and the cantonal physician authorised her discharge. Her husband, a Swiss diplomat, was also evacuated to Switzerland, according to reports, but the supplied accounts do not describe him as having contracted Ebola.

Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control said all 62 identified contacts completed a 21-day monitoring period without signs of infection. The agency said the contacts were monitored after the imported case. Its latest update, cited by Nigerian authorities, recorded one confirmed case, seven suspected cases that tested negative, and no additional cases or deaths.

The monitoring figures changed as contacts completed follow-up. As of November 9, 34 of the 62 contacts had completed the...