The World Health Organisation has said all 62 contacts linked to Nigeria\u2019s imported case of Bundibugyo virus disease have completed 21 days of monitoring without any secondary transmission.\n<\/p>\n
WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, disclosed this in a statement posted on his X handle on Friday, congratulating the Nigerian government, health workers and responders for preventing the spread of the virus.\n<\/p>\n
He said the contacts linked to the case reported on October 20 had completed the monitoring period, marking a significant milestone in the country\u2019s response to the outbreak.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cA positive milestone in Nigeria\u2019s Ebola response: all 62 identified contacts of the case reported on 20 October have completed 21 days of monitoring, with no secondary transmission detected,\u201d Tedros said.<\/p>\n
He added that the WHO would maintain its support and heightened vigilance as the country entered the second half of the 42-day countdown.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy congratulations to the government, health workers and responders for their success in preventing the spread of the Bundibugyo virus,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
The WHO chief\u2019s statement followed a briefing by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday, where its Director-General, Jide Idris, announced the completion of the 21-day monitoring of all 62 contacts.<\/p>\n
Idris said the last contact completed the monitoring period and was discharged on November 13.\n<\/p>\n
He disclosed that 13 of the contacts reported fever or other non-specific symptoms during the monitoring period, but all tested negative for the virus. <\/p>\n
\u201cToday, we announce an important milestone in our national response to the imported case of Bundibugyo virus disease.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 21-day monitoring period for all 62 identified contacts has been completed with the last contact discharged today.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are glad to announce that none of the contacts became ill, meaning no transmission from the index case,\u201d Idris said.\n<\/p>\n
Despite the development, Idris cautioned that the completion of contact monitoring did not mean the outbreak had formally ended.\n<\/p>\n
He said Nigeria remained vigilant amid ongoing Ebola transmission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, adding that the NCDC\u2019s National Emergency Operations Centre remained activated at Level 3.<\/p>\n
The imported case was confirmed on October 20 after a 42-year-old woman who had travelled from Uganda arrived in Abuja on October 3 through Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.\n<\/p>\n
She developed symptoms on October 7 and was admitted to a private health facility on October 11. The NCDC was notified on October 19, and laboratory tests confirmed the infection the following day.\n<\/p>\n
The patient was evacuated to Switzerland on October 26 for further medical care and was discharged from hospital on November 11 after recovering.\n <\/p>\n
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