Key facts
- A woman tested positive for Ebola in Abuja, Nigeria.
- The patient had transited through Uganda.
- Authorities are tracing 44 contacts.
- The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak has a fatality rate nearing 50%.
Nigeria has confirmed an Ebola case in its capital, Abuja, after a woman who had transited through Uganda tested positive for the virus, the health ministry said. The woman began showing symptoms on October 7 and was admitted to a hospital four days later. Authorities have begun tracing 44 identified contacts of the patient. Uganda's health ministry stated the patient is Nigerian and had been on a business trip to Congo, and that Uganda has no confirmed active Ebola cases. The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak has become the most geographically extensive in history, affecting several countries across three regions of Africa, with a fatality rate nearing 50%. Nigeria established an Ebola taskforce in June after the outbreak in Congo in mid-May. The latest outbreak is on track to exceed the deadliest on record from 2014-2016.