# Nigeria’s first Ebola case matches DR Congo strain, health officials say

https://mins.news/en/item/110309

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-21 23:20 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/21/nigerias-first-ebola-case-matches-dr-congo-strain-health-officials-say?traffic_source=rss

> Nigerian officials confirmed the country’s first case of the Bundibugyo Ebola strain, which is driving the major outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The current outbreak has spread to West Africa for the first time. The patient, who travelled from Uganda to Abuja, has 44 identified contacts, most of them healthcare workers.

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