Ebola patient in Abuja develops multiple organ failure, NCDC says

The NCDC confirmed that the Ebola case detected in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory was caused by the Bundibugyo strain. Olajumoke Babatunde, the NCDC’s Director of Public Health Laboratory Services, said the patient, a diplomat, had deteriorated and developed multiple organ failure. The health minister had announced that a woman who travelled from Uganda tested positive, but a Ugandan official later clarified that she was Nigerian. First detected in Uganda in 2007, the Bundibugyo strain can spread through direct contact with infected bodily fluids or contaminated materials.