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Nigeria confirms an Ebola case in Abuja as a woman arriving from Uganda tests positive

NPR News20 October 2026, 20:19 UTCNigeria

Nigeria is the latest country to report an Ebola case as the outbreak spreads across the region. Kenya confirmed its first case earlier this month and has since recorded nine infections.

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