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Africa CDC probes Entebbe link in Ebola cases
BBC News·
Africa CDC is investigating whether Ebola patients in Nigeria and Kenya crossed paths at Uganda's Entebbe airport on 3 October. Dr Wessam Mankoula said that is one possible scenario and no link is established. Kenya has confirmed nine infections, including one death. Nigeria's patient is a 42-year-old woman in Abuja who tested positive on 20 October.
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What It Means For You
- Nigeria is treating its first Ebola case in more than a decade, WHO and Africa CDC said.
- Africa CDC said Nigeria has identified more possible contacts beyond the 44 first reported.
- In Kenya, the first quarantine group completes 21 days of monitoring and begins returning home on Sunday.
What's Happening
- Both patients travelled through Entebbe on 3 October; investigators are checking shared equipment or other contact.
- The Kenyan man had travelled from the Democratic Republic of Congo through Uganda before reaching Nairobi.
- The Nigerian woman spent about two and a half weeks in Uganda and stopped for two hours in Addis Ababa.
What is still unknown
- WHO's Dr Patrick Otim said the Nigerian patient's source of exposure is still not known.
- NCDC and WHO are prioritising genomic sequencing to see if the infection links to other cases.
- Uganda says it has no confirmed active Ebola cases and that transit alone does not prove infection there.
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