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Ebola scientists to probe Nigeria case origin, Africa CDC says

Straits Times26 October 2026, 08:15 UTCNigeria

LONDON, Oct 26 - A team of leading Ebola scientists will travel to Nigeria to help investigate how the country’s first patient in more than a decade got infected, Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya said.

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