The Federal Government has confirmed one imported case of Bundibugyo ebolavirus in the Federal Capital Territory and activated public health response measures. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, disclosed this at a media conference in Abuja on Tuesday, following laboratory confirmation on Oct. 20. The patient, a woman who recently arrived from Uganda, is in isolation and receiving medical care. Contact tracing has commenced, with 44 close contacts identified so far.
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