Ebola: WHO hails Nigeria as 62 contacts complete monitoring, no new cases recorded

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The World Health Organisation has said all 62 contacts linked to Nigeria’s imported case of Bundibugyo virus disease have completed 21 days of monitoring without any secondary transmission.

WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, disclosed this in a statement posted on his X handle on Friday, congratulating the Nigerian government, health workers and responders for preventing the spread of the virus.

He said the contacts linked to the case reported on October 20 had completed the monitoring period, marking a significant milestone in the country’s response to the outbreak.

“A positive milestone in Nigeria’s Ebola response: all 62 identified contacts of the case reported on 20 October have completed 21 days of monitoring, with no secondary transmission detected,” Tedros said.

He added that the WHO would maintain its support and heightened vigilance as the country entered the second half of the 42-day countdown.

“My congratulations to the government, health workers and responders for their success in preventing the spread of the Bundibugyo virus,” he said.

The WHO chief’s statement followed a briefing by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday, where its Director-General, Jide Idris, announced the completion of the 21-day monitoring of all 62 contacts.

Idris said the last contact completed the monitoring period and was discharged on November 13.

He disclosed that 13 of the contacts reported fever or other non-specific symptoms during the monitoring period, but all tested negative for the virus.

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