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Nigeria Ebola patient flown to Switzerland as four countries deal with outbreak

· Abuja, Nigeria · single source so far

A woman diagnosed with Ebola in Abuja last week, with no known travel to DR Congo, has been flown to Switzerland. Officials are trying to determine how she was infected, and a health worker was killed in Congo, the epicentre of the outbreak.

Location
Abuja, Nigeria · Nigeria live map
Coordinates
9.08°N 7.40°E
Reported
26 Oct 2026, 19:15 UTC
Category
Humanitarian & health · Disease outbreak
Impact
3 of 5 · Serious
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Ebola patient diagnosed in Nigeria flown to Switzerland as outbreak spans four countries

A woman diagnosed with Ebola in Abuja last week, with no known travel to DR Congo, has been flown to Switzerland, and officials are trying to determine how she was infected. In eastern DR Congo, attackers killed a nurse and injured a health worker responding to an Ebola case on Monday. Uganda ordered a 21-day quarantine for citizens returning from DR Congo on Sunday. The outbreak has now spread to four countries.

  • Swiss authorities believe the woman diagnosed in Nigeria was infected in Uganda, while Kampala says Uganda is Ebola free.
  • Kenya reported a second Ebola death on Friday and says there is no evidence of community spread.
  • The WHO announced on Friday the start of a clinical trial of multiple Ebola vaccines in DR Congo.
  • The CDC reported 178 more US measles cases, for a total of 4,588 across at least 43 outbreaks.
Updated 26 Oct 2026, 19:32 UTC · Written by Claude from the reports on this page and on the map. Check the linked sources for full details.

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