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Ebola patient evacuated from Nigeria to Switzerland

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Swiss authorities announced on Monday that they had evacuated an Ebola patient and her diplomat husband from Nigeria to Switzerland for treatment and observation. The patient, who is the Ugandan-born wife of a Swiss diplomat stationed in Abuja, was admitted to Geneva University Hospitals suffering from the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola. Her husband, identified as a close contact, remains in isolation at University Hospital Zurich.
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On October 26, 2026, Nigeria's first Ebola patient in over a decade was medically evacuated from the country. The patient is the Ugandan-born wife of a Swiss diplomat based in Abuja and was flown to Switzerland for treatment. Arise TV reported that her medical evacuation flight had departed from Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport in Abuja on Monday morning.

Swiss authorities confirmed that the woman, who contracted the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola while visiting Uganda, is being treated at Geneva University Hospitals. Her husband, a Swiss diplomat considered a close contact, is under isolation at University Hospital Zurich. The evacuation comes amid concerns about how she may have contracted the virus without traveling to the Democratic Republic of Congo (D.R.C.), where the current outbreak originated.

The D.R.C.'s Health Ministry reported over 9,800 confirmed cases and more than 4,700 deaths since May 2026, making it the deadliest Ebola outbreak in the country's history. Additionally, a health worker was killed in an attack in eastern Tshopo province of the D.R.C., highlighting the ongoing challenges in containing the virus across four affected countries.

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Geneva Nigeria Swiss Switzerland Ugandan

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Swiss NORP · 3× Nigeria GPE · 2× Switzerland GPE · 2× Ugandan NORP · 2× Abuja GPE · 1× Bundibugyo GPE · 1× Democratic Republic of Congo GPE · 1× Geneva GPE · 1× Geneva University Hospitals ORG · 1× Zurich GPE · 1×

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Ebola patient evacuated from Nigeria to Switzerland The patient, the Ugandan-born wife of a Swiss diplomat, was being treated in Geneva while her husband is in isolation in Zurich A woman infected with the Ebola virus and her husband, a Swiss diplomat, were flown from Nigeria to hospitals in Switzerland on Monday, Swiss authorities said.
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Ebola patient evacuated from Nigeria to Switzerland The patient, the Ugandan-born wife of a Swiss diplomat, was being treated in Geneva while her husband is in isolation in Zurich A woman infected with the Ebola virus and her husband, a Swiss diplomat, were flown from Nigeria to hospitals in Switzerland on Monday, Swiss authorities said. asserted
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The Ugandan-born wife of the diplomat, based in Abuja, was being treated at Geneva University Hospitals for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, which has caused an outbreak that started in Democratic Republic of Congo. asserted
that → bear → Congo
Her husband, considered a close contact, was in isolation at University Hospital Zurich, the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health said. asserted
Office → consider → Health
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