{"id":1330,"date":"2026-10-26T09:49:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T09:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/26\/ebola-fg-confirms-evacuation-of-nigerias-index-patient-husband-to-switzerland\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T09:49:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T09:49:51","slug":"ebola-fg-confirms-evacuation-of-nigerias-index-patient-husband-to-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/26\/ebola-fg-confirms-evacuation-of-nigerias-index-patient-husband-to-switzerland\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebola: FG confirms evacuation of Nigeria\u2019s index patient, husband to Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"715\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ebola-FG-confirms-evacuation-of-Nigerias-index-patient-husband-to-Switzerland.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ebola: FG confirms evacuation of Nigeria\u2019s index patient, husband to Switzerland\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ebola-FG-confirms-evacuation-of-Nigerias-index-patient-husband-to-Switzerland.jpg 715w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ebola-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Chioma Obinna<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nigeria\u2019s index case of imported Ebola virus disease has been evacuated from Abuja to Switzerland after showing significant clinical improvement, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, has said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pate disclosed this in a post on X, confirming that the evacuation took place earlier on Monday with his approval.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He wrote, \u201cI confirm that, with my approval, earlier this morning, the index case for Nigeria\u2019s first imported Ebola virus disease departed Abuja for Switzerland. The index patient was clinically much improved, stable, conscious, communicating, and her clinical laboratory test results closing towards baseline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He, however, cautioned that the patient\u2019s improved condition does not mean she is no longer infectious, stressing that strict public health protocols remain in place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis does not mean she is not still infectious, hence the strict protocols in place,\u201d Pate stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The patient was evacuated alongside her spouse, who, according to the minister, has remained asymptomatic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pate expressed appreciation to the clinical staff who cared for the patient and the public health personnel who coordinated the evacuation, commending them for ensuring that the process complied with appropriate public health measures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said the government would provide further updates later in the afternoon after the patient and her spouse had landed safely at their destination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reassuring Nigerians that efforts to contain the imported virus were continuing, the minister urged the public to remain vigilant and rely on credible sources of information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAll public health measures are continuing to ensure successful containment of the imported virus,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The evacuation marks a further development in Nigeria\u2019s response to the imported Ebola case, with the authorities maintaining that clinical improvement does not remove the need for strict infection prevention and control measures.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/10\/ebola-fg-confirms-evacuation-of-nigerias-index-patient-husband-to-switzerland\/\">Ebola: FG confirms evacuation of Nigeria\u2019s index patient, husband to Switzerland<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Vanguard News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Chioma Obinna Nigeria\u2019s index case of imported Ebola virus disease has been evacuated from Abuja to Switzerland after showing significant clinical improvement, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1331,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}