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Nigeria's Health Ministry

Nigeria's Health Ministry is an agency that announced on October 20, 2026 that a woman who arrived from Uganda tested positive for Ebola in Abuja.

Health Minister

Muhammad Pate

Key facts

Announcement: Nigeria confirmed an Ebola case in its capital, Abujasource
Contact tracing: Health Minister Muhammad Pate said authorities had begun tracing 44 people identified as contacts of the patientsource
Patient timeline: The woman began showing symptoms on Oct. 7 and was admitted to a private hospitalsource

WYDE Newsroom has published one article about Nigeria's Health Ministry, on Oct 24, 2026. Nigeria's Health Ministry is the subject of 1 story. The most recent is Nigeria Confirms Ebola Case in Woman Who Arrived From Uganda as Bundibugyo Outbreak Tops 9,500 Infections.

A woman who arrived from Uganda tested positive in Abuja, and AP reported that the Bundibugyo outbreak had infected more than 9,500 people.

Oct 24, 2026 · 4 min read · Subject of the story

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