By Bilkis Abdulraheem Lawal
The Federal Government has confirmed a case of Ebola disease in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, made this in a statement released to journalists.
According to the statement, the patient is a woman who recently arrived in Nigeria from Uganda on an international flight and was admitted to a private hospital in Abuja, where she received treatment for several days before the diagnosis was confirmed.
The Minister said the woman is currently in isolation and receiving medical care.
He added that health authorities had commenced contact tracing, with 44 close contacts identified so far.
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