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Nigeria Ebola patient did not travel to Congo, Swiss government says

Straits Times23 October 2026, 08:16 UTCNigeria

DAKAR, Oct 23 - The Ebola patient in Nigeria, the Ugandan-born wife of a Swiss diplomat based in Abuja, did not travel to Democratic Republic of Congo, the Swiss government said in a statement to Reuters on Friday, contradicting accounts from Uganda.The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs had on Thursday told Reuters that the woman, who it identified as a Swiss national, was believed to have contracted Ebola while travelling with her husband in Uganda, where the government says there are no cases.Ugandan authorities have said the woman who fell ill in Nigeria had travelled to eastern C

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