Key facts
- The NCDC said none of the 62 contacts of Nigeria's Ebola case developed the disease and the last was discharged on November 13, 2026.
- Thirteen contacts reported fever or other non-specific symptoms during monitoring, and all 13 tested negative for the virus, the NCDC said.
- Seven Ebola alerts across five Nigerian states were investigated over the past three weeks and all tested negative, the agency said.
- The NCDC said completing contact monitoring does not by itself mean the outbreak is over.
- WHO protocols require a full 42-day countdown from the recovery or departure of the last confirmed patient before an end-of-outbreak declaration.
Nigeria has completed the 21-day monitoring period for all 62 contacts linked to the country's reported Ebola case, with none of them falling ill, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday, November 13, 2026. The agency said the last contact was discharged that day.
Nigeria confirmed its first Ebola case in more than a decade on October 21 in a Swiss woman who had travelled to Uganda and then returned to Nigeria. She and her husband were evacuated to Switzerland, where she recovered fully and was discharged from hospital.
Thirteen contacts reported fever or other non-specific symptoms during monitoring, and all 13 tested negative for the virus, the NCDC said. The agency also said seven Ebola alerts across five Nigerian states over the past three weeks were investigated and all seven tested negative.
The NCDC said completing contact monitoring does not by itself mean the outbreak is over. Under World Health Organization protocols, a country must complete a full 42-day countdown from the recovery or departure of the last confirmed patient before an official end-of-outbreak declaration can be made.