A 34-year-old pilot and his wife, a medical physician, have been the 2 folks investigated for suspected Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Adamawa State after creating signs together with fever, vomiting, fatigue, headache, cough, bleeding gums and nosebleeds.
Although Nigerian officers stated two suspected Ebola cases have been being investigated in the state and ultimately turned negative, their identities weren’t disclosed. PREMIUM TIMES can now disclose the officers’ identities, although we’re redacting their names.
An inner memo from the Adamawa State Ministry of Health and Human Services, obtained completely by PREMIUM TIMES, stated the couple have been admitted to the isolation centre of the Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital (MAUTH), Yola, on 29 October.
The memo, dated 30 October 2026 and signed by the State Epidemiologist, Jones Kadabiyu, stated the Adamawa State Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC) acquired the report at 6:45 a.m. following a clinician’s report from MAUTH.
The growth got here as well being authorities intensified surveillance following Nigeria’s confirmation of its first Ebola case in the present outbreak.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) had on Saturday announced that two suspected Ebola cases had been identified in the North-east, however didn’t initially disclose the state the place the cases have been detected.
However, the company later confirmed that the 2 suspected cases have been in Adamawa, noting that the laboratory exams on samples from each people have been negative for Ebola after two rounds of testing.
In an announcement signed by its Director-General, Jide Idris, the NCDC stated it was working with the Adamawa State authorities to research the suspected cases.
The company stated it remoted the 2 people and instantly activated public well being measures whereas amassing samples for laboratory testing.
“Fortunately, the samples turned out negative for EBV after two rounds of testing,” Mr Idris stated.
The NCDC stated there’s presently no laboratory-confirmed Ebola case in Adamawa State, including that the beforehand confirmed case in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) stays the one confirmed case in Nigeria.
What PREMIUM TIMES learnt
According to the memo, the pilot developed signs on 13 October, whereas his wife developed comparable signs on 25 October.
The names of the 2 sufferers are contained in the paperwork seen by PREMIUM TIMES. However, this newspaper is withholding their identities to guard their privateness.
A preliminary report dated 31 October from Yola North Local Government Area (LGA), Adamawa State, stated the pilot travelled to Kenya “for personal reasons” on 14 October and returned to Nigeria on 25 October. It stated he had developed a fever earlier than his journey and was handled for malaria.
“Prior to his departure, he reportedly developed a fever on 13 October 2026 and was treated for malaria. He reportedly remained well while in Kenya,” it famous.
However, upon returning to Yola, he developed signs together with fever, nausea and vomiting, fatigue, headache, cough, bleeding gums and nosebleeds. His wife subsequently developed comparable signs after caring for him at dwelling.
They have been each admitted on the MAUTH isolation centre.
The state well being authorities collected samples from each sufferers on 30 October and transported them to the National Reference Laboratory for testing, in keeping with the report.
Contacts traced
The memo report stated 18 contacts had been identified, traced and line-listed, whereas the preliminary report dated 31 October put the quantity at 17.
The PHEOC additionally notified the State Rapid Response Team, the State NCDC workplace, Local Government Disease Surveillance and Notification Officers, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF.
The state well being authorities really useful continued contact tracing, an infection prevention and management measures, enhanced surveillance and coordination with related authorities.
The NCDC has urged Nigerians to stay calm and keep away from spreading unverified info.
It additionally suggested folks who develop signs such as fever, extreme weak point, headache, muscle ache, vomiting, diarrhoea or unexplained bleeding, significantly after a related publicity, to hunt instant medical consideration.
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Ebola outbreak
Nigeria is considered one of 5 nations which have detected Bundibugyo virus illness throughout the present outbreak, which started in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in May.
The outbreak has remained concentrated in the DRC however has unfold past the nation.
Nigeria’s first confirmed case of Ebola in 2026 was a girl who travelled from Uganda to Abuja and tested optimistic on 20 October. She was subsequently medically evacuated to Switzerland for continued remedy.
The NCDC’s latest situation report stated 62 contacts linked to Nigeria’s confirmed case had been identified and have been being monitored.
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, had stated genomic evaluation showed that the virus detected in the Nigerian affected person was intently associated to the pressure identified in Kenya’s first imported case. He, nevertheless, stated the discovering didn’t set up that the Nigerian affected person was contaminated in Kenya.
WHO’s newest replace reported 10,274 confirmed cases and 4,992 deaths in the DRC as of 28 October. Kenya had recorded 9 confirmed cases and two deaths, whereas Nigeria had one confirmed case on the time of the replace.
Ebola is a viral illness that may trigger extreme sickness and spreads primarily via direct contact with the blood or different physique fluids of an contaminated particular person.
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