Nigeria evacuates Ebola patient to Switzerland, tracks 53 contacts

Nigeria's authorities evacuated the country's currently only confirmed Ebola case to Switzerland on Monday. The woman is the 42-year-old wife of a Swiss embassy worker and has Swiss nationality. She had been travelling in Uganda before returning to Nigeria and being diagnosed with Ebola. While the patient is in a stable condition, Nigerian authorities have stepped up contact tracing to identify potential further cases. Fifty-three primary contacts have been identified so far, with most being health workers and members of the woman's family and household staff. A test on a suspected case in Rivers State came back negative. Screenings for airport arrivals have also been expanded, although the measure does not apply to domestic flights. The World Health Organization has warned that Africa is facing a complex Ebola outbreak, the virus not only present in the DRC, where the outbreak originates, but also in West and East Africa.