Ebola: Africa CDC reveals details of Ugandan-born patient in Nigeria, arrival date

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has disclosed that Nigeria’s index patient for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola was born in Uganda and arrived in Abuja with her husband on October 3, 2026.
The agency’s Director-General, Dr Jean Kaseya, made the disclosure on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Thursday, saying the patient’s travel history was important to efforts to trace the source of the infection and prevent further spread.
Kaseya said the Africa CDC was engaging authorities in Nigeria, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to establish the patient’s movements and possible exposure to the virus.
“I am talking to all authorit...