No New Ebola Case In Nigeria As 28 Contacts Remain Under Monitoring – NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said no new case of Ebola has been confirmed in the country as of November 9, 2026, even as 28 contacts of the first imported case remain under monitoring.
The agency disclosed that 34 of the 62 identified contacts had completed their individual 21-day follow-up, while the remaining 28 were still being monitored.
Director-General of NCDC, Dr Jide Idris, disclosed this in a national health security update issued on Tuesday, warning that the country was also facing other infectious disease threats, including dengue fever, chikungunya, diphtheria, Lassa fever and cerebrospinal meningitis.
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