The Director General of the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, Dr Jean Kaseya, has stated it’s nonetheless not clear the place Nigeria’s Ebola case contracted the virus.
Speaking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Thursday, Kaseya stated though the affected person came from Uganda, it isn’t confirmed that she was contaminated there.
“What we all know is that the woman came from Uganda, however what we do not know is whether or not it’s a transmission from Uganda, Kampala, or a transmission that came from one other place. When we’ve got solutions to those questions, I’ll return to Uganda to debate the difficulty.
He disclosed that the affected person is Nigerian-born, lives in Abuja and arrived within the Federal Capital Territory together with her husband on October 3 after spending days in Uganda.
Earlier, Uganda’s Ministry of Health stated the affected person was a Nigerian nationwide who travelled to japanese DRC for enterprise earlier than transiting by Uganda, including that journey by Uganda doesn’t set up that an infection occurred there.
DAILY POST recollects that Nigeria confirmed the case on Tuesday.
