Nigeria confirms first Ebola case in over a decade; patient had travelled from Uganda

Nigeria confirmed its first Ebola case in over a decade on Tuesday, in a 42-year-old woman originally from Uganda who is based in Abuja and is the wife of a diplomat, officials said. Nigeria is the fourth African country affected by an outbreak that began in Congo in May and has killed 4,646 people. Health Minister Pate said she spent two and a half weeks in Kampala and stopped over in Ethiopia's capital on her return. He said 44 contacts are isolated and none is known to have developed symptoms. On Thursday, the WHO's representative in Nigeria said the agency was not told she had travelled to Congo, after Uganda said she had visited the country.

Left-leaning outlets had not reported the story at the time of writing; right-leaning and alternative outlets had. The right-leaning New York Post stresses the outbreak's scale, citing Africa CDC and a Nigerian official. Alternative sources focus on her travel: the BBC on the Kampala holiday and contact tracing, Reuters on WHO not being told of Congo travel. Dates differ: the BBC says she arrived on 3 October, the Post says 5 October.