Ebola: Nigeria identifies 53 contacts and offers 100,000 naira in weekly support

Nigeria’s federal government has identified 53 people who had contact with the confirmed Ebola case in the Federal Capital Territory, up from an initial 44, and monitoring is continuing. It approved emergency support of 100,000 naira per week for people placed in isolation or quarantine. NCDC Director-General Jide Idris said Nigeria had one confirmed case, a suspected case in Rivers State had tested negative, and no contacts had tested positive. Lagos increased surveillance at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, while Zamfara activated surveillance after a passenger arrived with a fever.