Abuja [Nigeria], October 27: The first patient infected with Ebola in Nigeria was evacuated to Switzerland aboard a specially equipped aircraft on Monday, Nigerian Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate said.
The woman, a Swiss national, "was clinically much improved, stable, conscious, communicating, and her clinical laboratory test results closing towards baseline," Pate posted on X. "This does not mean she is not still infectious, hence the strict protocols in place," he added.
Pate said that the woman, who was reportedly born in Uganda, had been evacuated along with her spouse, a Swiss diplomat who had remained asymptomatic.
He did not disclose which hospital in Switzerland would treat her.
Africa's most populous country confirmed its first case of Ebola on October 20. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said she had arrived by plane from Uganda.
Uganda borders the Democratic Republic of Congo, where nearly 10,000 Ebola cases and almost 5,000 deaths have been reported since mid-May. According to the Africa CDC, investigations are still underway to establish exactly where the woman contracted the virus.
Source: Qatar Tribune