Nigeria reports two suspected Ebola cases in northeast, samples test negative
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported two new suspected cases of Ebola disease in Nigeria’s North-east region. Both tested negative after lab testing. The outbreak's epicenter is in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported two new suspected cases of Ebola disease in Nigeria’s North-east region.
- The NCDC stated that laboratory tests were being conducted on the two individuals.
- The NCDC director-general said there was currently no laboratory-confirmed case in Adamawa State.
- More than 5,000 people have died since the Ebola outbreak was declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- The report of two individuals with Ebola-like symptoms was received by the Adamawa Public Health Emergency Operations Centre in the early hours of October 30.
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