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Nigeria evacuates Ebola patient to Switzerland, tracks 53 contacts

Africanews26 October 2026, 13:33 UTCNigeria

The only confirmed case in Nigeria of Africa's latest deadly Ebola outbreak was evacuated Monday by air from Abuja, the capital, to Switzerland, where she has citizenship. Nigeria has stepped up contact-tracing and screenings at airports.

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