The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says all 62 contacts linked to the country’s imported Bundibugyo Virus Disease case have completed the mandatory 21-day monitoring period without any secondary transmission. The agency’s Director-General, Dr Jide Idris, disclosed this in Abuja, adding that 13 contacts who developed fever or other symptoms during monitoring tested negative for the disease.
Idris said seven additional suspected cases reported in Adamawa, Rivers, Borno, Lagos and Ekiti were also investigated, with all testing negative. He, however, warned that the completion of contact monitoring does not mean Nigeria is officially free of Ebola, stressing that surveillance remains necessary amid ongoing transmission in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The NCDC said the index patient, whose infection was confirmed in the FCT on October 20, was evacuated to Switzerland for further treatment and later recovered. Idris urged Nigerians to remain vigilant, seek medical attention early, disclose their travel history and avoid unprotected contact with the blood and body fluids of anyone suspected of having Ebola.
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