# Fears of pan-African Ebola crisis grow as fourth country reports first case

https://mins.news/en/item/109977

- CBC News, 2026-10-21 18:39 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/fear-growing-ebola-nigeria-9.7390284?cmp=rss

> Nigeria has reported its first Ebola case, raising fears that the epidemic, which began in the Democratic Republic of Congo in May, could become a wider regional crisis.

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- [Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo](https://mins.news/en/topic/dr-congo-ebola-outbreak) — Markdown: https://mins.news/en/topic/dr-congo-ebola-outbreak.md

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