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Nigeria confirms its first Ebola case is Bundibugyo strain

The Hindu21 October 2026, 09:59 UTCNigeria

We did three levels of tests, but all molecular. The strain was Bundibugyo, confirms Olajumoke Babatunde, Director, Public Health Lab Service at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.

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