Nigeria Isolates Two Fresh Suspected Ebola Cases

Cross-Border Epidemic Preparedness in an Era of Public Health Fatigue

Port health authorities, state ministries of health, and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention have once again reactivated contact tracing machinery, screening points, and port-of-entry quarantine protocols. The directives follow fresh regional alerts over emerging viral outbreaks across West and Central Africa. Thermal cameras hum at international arrival halls in Lagos and Abuja….

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Nigeria Plans State Ebola Centres as Contacts Hit 53

NCDC Intensifies Surveillance Over Central African Ebola Outbreak

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has activated emergency border surveillance following an Ebola outbreak in Central Africa. Health officials confirmed that while Nigeria has no recorded cases, the rapid international spread of the virus requires immediate defensive measures. The containment drive follows the decision by the World Health Organisation to declare the…

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Congo Ebola Death Toll Hits 80

  At least 80 persons have died from a fresh Ebola outbreak spreading across three health zones in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including Bunia, Rwampara and Mongbwalu, according to data released by the World Health Organisation on Sunday. The outbreak, designated the 17th in Congo since the virus was first identified there in 1976,…

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