The Federal Government has confirmed a case of Ebola disease in the nation’s Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The Co-ordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, disclosed this in a statement released on Tuesday.
According to the statement, the patient is a woman who recently arrived in Nigeria from Uganda on an international flight and was admitted to a private hospital in Abuja, where she received treatment for several days before the diagnosis was confirmed.
The Minister said the woman is currently in isolation and receiving necessary medical care.
He added that health authorities had commenced contact tracing, with 44 close contacts identified so far.
