Africa faces ‘complex’ Ebola outbreak after spread to Nigeria, WHO warns

LAGOS – The World Health Organization warned Thursday that Africa faced a “complex” Ebola outbreak after the virus crossed from east Africa to Nigeria, marking the first case in the west of the continent. Nigeria on Tuesday had announced an imported case of the Bundibugyo strain, currently causing a major Ebola outbreak in Congo. It was detected in the wife of a diplomat who had traveled from Uganda to the Nigerian capital Abuja.

Health minister Muhammad Ali Pate said Thursday the woman’s contacts had been tracked down since her arrival in Nigeria earlier this month, and that an undisclosed number of “high risk” individuals “have been quarantined, fully, in a facility.”