{"id":14755,"date":"2026-11-11T06:30:50","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T06:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/11\/34-ebola-contacts-complete-monitoring-28-remain-under-surveillance-ncdc\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T06:30:50","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T06:30:50","slug":"34-ebola-contacts-complete-monitoring-28-remain-under-surveillance-ncdc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/11\/34-ebola-contacts-complete-monitoring-28-remain-under-surveillance-ncdc\/","title":{"rendered":"34 Ebola contacts complete monitoring, 28 remain under surveillance &#8211; NCDC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says 34 of the 62 people identified as contacts of Nigeria\u2019s imported Bundibugyo Ebola case have completed their 21-day monitoring period, while 28 remain under surveillance.<\/p>\n<p>The agency\u2019s Director-General, Dr Jide Idris, disclosed this in a national health security update issued on Tuesday, adding that Nigeria had recorded no additional Ebola case, 21 days after confirming the imported infection from Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>Idris said the agency was sustaining contact tracing, laboratory testing and surveillance while strengthening preparedness for other infectious disease threats, including dengue fever, Chikungunya, cerebrospinal meningitis, diphtheria and Lassa fever.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Ebola response and contact tracing<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>According to the NCDC, identifying someone as a contact does not mean the individual has contracted Ebola. Rather, the monitoring process is intended to support early detection and prompt response if symptoms develop.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Providing an update on the contact-tracing exercise, Idris said: \u201c<em>A total of 62 contacts have been identified. Of these, 34 have completed their individual 21-day follow-up, while the remaining 28 are still under monitoring.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He said the agency was continuing its surveillance and response activities in collaboration with relevant authorities.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201c<em>NCDC, working with the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the FCT Administration, state authorities and partners, activated a coordinated response. Our priorities are contact tracing, prompt investigation of alerts, laboratory testing, infection prevention, safe clinical care and surveillance at points of entry,<\/em>\u201d Idris said.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He urged healthcare workers in public and private facilities to remain vigilant, establish patients\u2019 travel and exposure histories, and immediately report suspected Ebola cases to public health authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Idris also advised anyone who develops symptoms after possible exposure to avoid contact with others and call the NCDC toll-free line, 6232, for guidance before visiting a health facility.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Dengue and Chikungunya cases confirmed<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The NCDC director-general also said dengue fever had been confirmed in Sokoto and Zamfara States, while Chikungunya was confirmed in Sokoto, prompting intensified surveillance and response activities.<\/p>\n<p>He said National Rapid Response Teams, including entomologists from the National Arbovirus Research Centre in Enugu, had been deployed to support affected states.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The teams are assisting with case identification, laboratory investigations, clinical readiness, community engagement and mosquito control.<\/li>\n<li>Idris warned Nigerians against assuming that every fever was malaria, noting that dengue and Chikungunya could cause fever, headaches, body pains and joint pains.<\/li>\n<li>He urged people experiencing persistent fever, rash, vomiting or severe joint pains to seek medical assessment, warning that dengue could become life-threatening when warning signs were ignored.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He also advised households to eliminate stagnant water, cover water containers, clear discarded tyres and protect themselves against mosquito bites, noting that disease-carrying mosquitoes often bite during the daytime.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Earlier updates on Nigeria\u2019s Ebola response<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s response to the imported Ebola infection has involved contact tracing, isolation, laboratory testing and intensified surveillance to prevent further transmission.<\/p>\n<p>The agency clarified that the suspected cases still required laboratory confirmation and did not necessarily mean the individuals had contracted the virus.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Nairametrics<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says 34 of the 62 people identified as contacts of Nigeria\u2019s imported Bundibugyo Ebola case have completed their 21-day monitoring period,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14755","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=14755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}