FG places FCT, nine states on high Ebola alert over new outbreak

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has placed the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and 9 different states connected heightened Ebola surveillance pursuing the outbreak of the deadly Bundibugyo strain of the microorganism successful parts of East and Central Africa.

In a nationalist wellness advisory issued to authorities Commissioners for Health, the bureau warned that Nigeria remains astatine precocious hazard of importing the microorganism owed to accrued determination transmission, cross-border movement, planetary travel, and porous borders.

The advisory, dated May 27, 2026, identified Lagos, the FCT, Rivers, Kano, Enugu, Borno, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Taraba, and Adamawa arsenic high-risk areas due to the fact that of their planetary airports, seaports, borderline corridors, and dense quality traffic.

According to the NCDC, the existent outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain presents a large interest due to the fact that determination is presently nary approved vaccine oregon targeted attraction for the variant.

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