Health authorities probe two suspected Ebola cases in northeast Nigeria

Two suspected Ebola cases have been identified in northeast Nigeria, where health authorities have isolated the individuals and begun contact tracing and laboratory testing. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said the cases are not confirmed and that test results will determine their status. Nigeria reported its first case in more than a decade on October 20, after a Swiss woman who travelled from Uganda tested positive for the Bundibugyo strain; she and her husband, a Swiss diplomat, were evacuated to Switzerland. The outbreak began in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in May and has caused more than 5,000 deaths and over 10,300 confirmed cases.