Ebola: Nigeria records zero secondary infections as 62 contacts exit monitoring
Verified: 5 outlets in 4 countries have reported this story since Nov 13, 1 of them from Nigeria.
“The 21-day monitoring period for contacts linked to the index case has been completed, with the last contact discharged today. We are glad to announce that none of the contacts became ill with the disease, meaning no transmission from the index case,” Idris said.
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
Who reported it
1 outlet from Nigeria, where the story is: Vanguard News · how we count
- Nov 13, 2:12 PM UTCFirst reportNigeria ends 21-day Ebola contact monitoring with no secondary transmissionstraitstimes.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 13, 2:37 PM UTC · +25 min
- Nov 13, 3:49 PM UTC+2 hNigeria Ebola patient contacts complete 21-day monitoring without signs of infectionafricanews.com ↗
- Nov 13, 3:57 PM UTC+2 h· you’re reading thisEbola: Nigeria records zero secondary infections as 62 contacts exit monitoringvanguardngr.com ↗
- Nov 13, 8:39 PM UTC+6 hNigeria ends 21-day Ebola contact monitoring with no secondary transmissionaljazeera.com ↗
[Claude] Report 2 covers the same announcement that all 62 Ebola contacts completed 21-day monitoring with no secondary infections, and the details match Report 1.
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