Nigeria confirmed its first Ebola case after a woman who travelled from Uganda tested positive for the virus in the capital, Abuja, according to the health ministry. The woman showed symptoms on 7 October and was admitted to a hospital in Abuja four days later, where she received her diagnosis. The source does not specify when she arrived in Nigeria.
This case marks the spread of the current outbreak into Nigeria, Africa's most populous country. Uganda has been dealing with an Ebola outbreak, and this diagnosis in Abuja indicates the virus has crossed into a new nation in the region. The health ministry has not disclosed additional epidemiological details such as the number of contacts traced, the woman's condition, or containment measures underway.
No further cases have been reported in Nigeria according to the available information. The timing and scale of any regional response remain unclear from the source material provided.