A woman living in Nigeria who was infected with Ebola and her Swiss diplomat spouse have been admitted to hospitals in Switzerland, Swiss authorities say. She is being treated in Geneva, while her husband, a close contact with no symptoms, is isolated in Zurich. Swiss authorities say the situation poses no risk to public health in Switzerland. Nigeria's health minister says the woman is stable and her condition is improving. Investigators will travel to Nigeria to examine how she caught the virus, as she may have been infected in Uganda.
Kenya has announced a second Ebola death, a 65-year-old woman who was a close relative of the first patient. She developed symptoms while in quarantine and died on Friday evening in Nairobi. Her family has been notified, and the health ministry will arrange a safe burial with relatives. Seven other Ebola patients are receiving treatment at two isolation facilities, and no new infections have been reported. In Nigeria, a woman who travelled from Uganda tested positive for the virus after returning to Abuja.
Nigeria has reported its first Ebola case in about a decade. A foreign woman living in the capital, Abuja, tested positive after arriving from Uganda. Officials say she is in isolation and receiving medical care. Health authorities are tracing 44 contacts, mostly healthcare workers and her husband, and passengers on her flights. Nigeria says it contained Ebola in 2014. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is battling a major outbreak, with more than 9000 cases and over 4000 deaths.
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Kenya has confirmed an eighth Ebola case, a 49-year-old person who had been in quarantine after caring for the country's first patient. Health Ministry director-general Patrick Amoth said the country's first patient, who arrived from Congo via Uganda, died two days after arriving. Up to 128 contacts remain in quarantine and are being tested after developing symptoms. In Congo, the outbreak has killed at least 4,000 people since May and has reached an eighth province, with authorities in North Kivu announcing a one-week entry ban for people arriving from Ituri.
Ebola has spread to an eighth province in Congo's north. The Health Ministry has recorded two cases, including one death, in Nord-Ubangi province, which borders the Central African Republic. Both patients are men in their 20s. Authorities have recorded at least 9,400 cases and more than 4,500 deaths since the outbreak was declared in mid-May, making it the deadliest in Congo's history. North Kivu province will introduce a one-week ban on people entering from Ituri from Monday, along with limits on motorcycle and car passengers and suspended large gatherings.
Kenya has reported a second Ebola case, a 39-year-old man who is a close family member of the first patient. The health ministry said he was already in quarantine when he fell ill on Tuesday. Both cases are linked, the ministry said, and there is no evidence of spread in the wider community. Authorities are assessing anyone who has been in contact with him, including health workers and quarantine centre staff. The first case, a Kenyan man who had lived in the Democratic Republic of Congo, died in a Nairobi hospital about a week earlier.
