The Federal Government has begun contact tracing after a suspected imported case of Ebola was identified in the Federal Capital Territory, with 44 close contacts identified. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, disclosed this in a statement following laboratory confirmation on Tuesday, October 20, 2026. The patient is a woman who recently arrived in Nigeria on an international flight from Uganda and is in isolation receiving medical care.
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