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WHO warns Africa faces ‘complex’ Ebola outbreak as virus reaches Nigeria

Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Friday, October 23, 2026 at 6:49 AM · 1 min read
WHO warns Africa faces ‘complex’ Ebola outbreak as virus reaches Nigeria — South China Morning Post, Santa Cruz Health news
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The World Health Organization has warned that Africa faced a “complex” Ebola outbreak after the virus crossed from east Africa to Nigeria, marking the first case in the west of the continent. Nigeria on Tuesday had announced an imported case of the Bundibugyo strain, currently causing a major Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was detected in the wife of a diplomat who had travelled from Uganda to the Nigerian capital Abuja. Health minister Muhammad Ali Pate said Thursday the...

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