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Nigeria says Ebola case remains isolated, urges calm

Straits Times22 October 2026, 17:41 UTCNigeria

ABUJA, Oct 22 - Nigeria's health minister said on Thursday authorities had no evidence that the country's recently confirmed Ebola case had spread into the wider community, describing it as a single, contained infection.

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