Claims extracted
13
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
23%
3 of 13 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
60/100
Al Jazeera's corrections and
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Other
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Nigerian health authorities say they have completed a 21-day monitoring period for the 62 contacts of a person who contracted the Ebola virus, with none of them falling ill.
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none → say → them
Nigeria confirmed its first Ebola case in more than a decade on October 20 in a Swiss woman who had travelled to Uganda and then returned to Nigeria.
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who → confirm → Nigeria
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4Kenya → probe → status
The patient and her husband were evacuated to Switzerland where she recovered fully and has been discharged from hospital.
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she → evacuate → hospital
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said on Friday that none of the 62 contacts identified after the first case have developed the disease, with the last contact just discharged.
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contact → say → disease
Thirteen contacts reported fever or other non-specific symptoms during monitoring, but all of them tested negative for the virus, the NCDC said.
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NCDC → report → virus
The agency added, however, that completing contact monitoring does not by itself mean the outbreak is over.
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outbreak → add → itself
According to World Health Organization (WHO) protocols, a country must complete a full 42-day countdown from the recovery or departure of the last confirmed patient before an official end-of-outbreak declaration can be made.
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declaration → accord → outbreak
Ebola is highly contagious and spreads through direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person, including blood and vomit, or through contact with contaminated materials and surfaces, such as bedding and clothing.
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Ebola → spread → bedding
This latest Ebola outbreak was first identified in Ituri in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in May.
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outbreak → identify → May
Since then, Ebola cases have been reported in eight provinces in the DRC, as well as in Uganda, France, Kenya and most recently, Nigeria.
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cases → report → Uganda
The NCDC said seven Ebola alerts across five Nigerian states over the past three weeks were investigated, but all seven tested negative.
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seven → say → weeks
It has infected more than 11,000 people and killed more than 5,000, according to government data.
uncertain
It → infect → data
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