{"id":16615,"date":"2026-11-13T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T08:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/swiss-woman-evacuated-from-nigeria-over-ebola-discharged-in-geneva\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T08:00:45","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T08:00:45","slug":"swiss-woman-evacuated-from-nigeria-over-ebola-discharged-in-geneva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/swiss-woman-evacuated-from-nigeria-over-ebola-discharged-in-geneva\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss woman evacuated from Nigeria over Ebola discharged in Geneva"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"902\" height=\"303\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Swiss-woman-evacuated-from-Nigeria-over-Ebola-discharged-in-Geneva.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Swiss woman evacuated from Nigeria over Ebola discharged in Geneva\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Swiss-woman-evacuated-from-Nigeria-over-Ebola-discharged-in-Geneva.jpg 902w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Evacuated-300x101.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Evacuated-768x258.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 902px) 100vw, 902px\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Swiss woman who contracted the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola linked to the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been discharged from hospital in Geneva, Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The woman, who is the wife of a Swiss embassy employee in Abuja, was evacuated from Nigeria alongside her husband on October 26 after contracting the virus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Benoit Carpentier, spokesperson for the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG), said the patient received supportive medical care, including hydration and management of potential complications associated with the disease.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe patient has recovered. She was discharged from hospital yesterday (Wednesday),\u201d he told AFP, confirming a report by Tribune de Gen\u00e8ve.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The woman\u2019s husband reportedly showed no symptoms of the disease, while his quarantine was lifted on November 4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nigeria announced the Ebola case on October 20, confirming that it involved the Bundibugyo strain, the same variant responsible for the latest outbreak in the DRC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strain remains a major public health concern as there is currently no specific approved treatment or vaccine against it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The outbreak was officially detected in the DRC in May and has since infected more than 11,000 people, with over 5,400 deaths recorded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cases have also been detected in Uganda and Kenya, raising concerns about the spread of the disease across the region.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/11\/swiss-woman-evacuated-from-nigeria-over-ebola-discharged-in-geneva\/\">Swiss woman evacuated from Nigeria over Ebola discharged in Geneva<\/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>A Swiss woman who contracted the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola linked to the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been discharged from hospital in Geneva,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16615","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\/16615","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=16615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}