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Ebola: All 62 contacts test negative after monitoring – NCDC

Verified: 8 outlets in 5 countries have reported this story since Nov 13, 3 of them from Nigeria.

📍 Abuja, NG·🕐 1d ago·8 outlets

By Chidinma Chukwu ABUJA — The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has completed the 21-day monitoring of all 62 contacts linked to the imported case of Bundibugyo Virus Disease (BVD), a form of Ebola disease, confirmed in the Federal Capital Territory on October 20, 2026, with no secondary infections recorded. The Director-General…

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Vanguard News· National ↗Daily Trust· National ↗Africanews· International ↗Al Jazeera· International ↗The Straits Times· National ↗
The story so far · 8 reports · · 5 countries✓ Verified Nov 13, 2:37 PM UTC

3 outlets from Nigeria, where the story is: Daily Trust, The Punch, Vanguard News · how we count

  1. Nov 13, 2:12 PM UTCFirst report
    Nigeria ends 21-day Ebola contact monitoring with no secondary transmissionstraitstimes.com ↗
  2. Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 13, 2:37 PM UTC · +25 min
  3. Nov 13, 3:49 PM UTC+2 h
    Nigeria Ebola patient contacts complete 21-day monitoring without signs of infectionafricanews.com ↗
  4. Nov 13, 3:57 PM UTC+2 h
    Ebola: Nigeria records zero secondary infections as 62 contacts exit monitoringvanguardngr.com ↗
  5. Nov 13, 8:39 PM UTC+6 h
    Nigeria ends 21-day Ebola contact monitoring with no secondary transmissionaljazeera.com ↗
  6. Nov 13, 9:16 PM UTC+7 h· you’re reading this
    Ebola: All 62 contacts test negative after monitoring – NCDCvanguardngr.com (again) ↗
  7. Nov 14, 5:37 AM UTC+15 h
    Ebola: WHO hails Nigeria as 62 contacts complete monitoring, no new cases recordedpunchng.com ↗
  8. Nov 14, 7:36 AM UTC+17 h
    NCDC: 62 contacts complete Ebola monitoring without secondary transmissiondailytrust.com ↗
  9. Nov 15, 6:51 AM UTC+41 h
    Nigeria completes Ebola monitoring of 62 contacts without detecting new infectionsthecitizen.co.tz ↗
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Reliability
93%

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