Nigeria Ebola case linked to virus found in Kenya index case, health minister says

Genomic ​analysis of Nigeria’s only confirmed Ebola case ‌shows the virus is closely related to the strain detected in Kenya’s index case, Nigeria’s health minister ​Muhammad Ali Pate said on Friday, offering ​the first genetic link between the outbreaks. Nigerian authorities said there is no evidence that the Kenya index case travelled to Nigeria or had a direct connection to the Nigerian case.

Pate said contacts linked to the case are being traced, ​quarantined and tested, with some results ​negative and others still pending Nigeria has recorded only one ‌confirmed ⁠Ebola case from a traveller who had visited Uganda Uganda, which borders the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and has previously battled Ebola outbreaks, ​said on ​Friday it ⁠remained Ebola-free but was tightening precautions Uganda’s health ministry said traveller locator ​forms had been reinstated for all ​arrivals, ⁠regardless of country of origin Uganda said travellers with a history of travel to the DRC, ⁠where ​the outbreak began, will not ​be permitted to transit the country