NIGERIA NOW EBOLA-FREE AFTER PATIENT EVACUATED TO SWITZERLAND – WHO

October 26, 2026 • Dons Eze • 1 min read

The World Health Organization, WHO, has said Nigeria currently has no Ebola case after the evacuation of the index patient to Switzerland.

The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Mohamed Janabi, made this known in a statement posted on his verified X handle on Monday.

Janabi said that Nigeria would continue monitoring 52 contacts while Switzerland would manage the patient and follow up with her husband.

He stated that the patient was clinically stable after Nigerian medical teams successfully managed her through the acute phase of the illness and stabilised her condition.

“Nigeria is now Ebola-free following the evacuation of the index patient to Switzerland.

“Nigeria would maintain close follow-up of 52 contacts, while Switzerland would assume responsibility for the continued management of the patient and monitoring of contact number 53, her husband,” Janabi said.

Recall that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, had earlier confirmed one imported case from Uganda and placed 53 contacts under monitoring in Abuja.

Dons Eze

DONS EZE, PhD, Political Philosopher and Journalist of over four decades standing, worked in several newspaper houses across the country, and rose to the positions of Editor and General Manager. A UNESCO Fellow in Journalism, Dr. Dons Eze, a prolific writer and author of many books, attended several courses on Journalism and Communication in both Nigeria and overseas, including a Postgraduate Course on Journalism at Warsaw, Poland; Strategic Communication and Practical Communication Approach at RIPA International, London, the United Kingdom, among others.