Nigeria’s first confirmed Ebola case sparks concern

Nigeria has confirmed its first Ebola case in Abuja: the patient is a diplomat who arrived from Uganda on October 3 and is infected with the Bundibugyo strain. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention says several molecular tests confirmed the infection. The strain is also circulating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where an outbreak declared in mid-May has caused several thousand deaths, and in Uganda. Nigerian health authorities have identified 44 people who had contact with the patient and are monitoring them medically.