The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has disclosed that 34 of the 62 persons identified as contacts of Nigeria’s imported Ebola case have completed their mandatory 21-day monitoring period, while the remaining 28 are still under surveillance.
The Director-General of the NCDC, Dr Jide Idris, disclosed this in a national health security update released on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, assuring Nigerians that no additional confirmed cases had been recorded.
Idris explained that the agency had activated measures to contain the disease in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Administration, state authorities and other partners.
According to him, the coordinated response includes contact tracing, investigation of reported alerts, laboratory testing, infection prevention, safe clinical care and strengthened surveillance at points of entry into the country.
“As of 9 November 2026, Nigeria had confirmed only one imported case of Bundibugyo virus disease, with no additional confirmed cases,” he said.
“We continue to investigate reported alerts and maintain heightened surveillance across the country to ensure that suspected cases are promptly identified and investigated.
“A total of 62 contacts have been identified. Of these, 34 have completed their individual 21-day follow-up, while the remaining 28 are still under monitoring.”
The NCDC Director-General clarified that identifying a person as a contact of an infected patient does not necessarily mean that the individual has contracted the virus.
He explained that the 21-day follow-up period is intended to enable health officials to identify possible symptoms early and initiate appropriate medical and public health responses where necessary.
Idris also cautioned against confusing the 21-day monitoring period for individual contacts with the number of days that have elapsed since the country’s first case was confirmed.
According to him, each identified contact undergoes an individual follow-up period, depending on the circumstances and timing of possible exposure.
The latest update follows an earlier announcement by the NCDC that monitoring of all 62 identified contacts was expected to be completed by November 13, 2026.
The agency had explained that the anticipated completion dates for individual contacts ranged from October 31 to November 13.
“Contacts are expected to complete follow-up by November. Expected completion dates range from 31 Oct to 13 Nov 2026,” the NCDC stated in its earlier update.
The surveillance exercise followed the Federal Government’s confirmation of an imported Ebola case in the FCT in October.
At the time, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, disclosed that 44 close contacts of the infected patient had initially been identified for tracing to prevent further transmission.
The patient, a woman who had recently arrived in Nigeria on an international flight from Uganda, was admitted to a private hospital in the FCT, where she received medical attention for several days before the diagnosis was confirmed.
She was subsequently evacuated to Switzerland for further treatment.
Following additional tracing and investigation, the number of identified contacts increased from the initial 44 to 62.
On October 31, the NCDC also announced that two suspected cases of Ebola disease had been identified in the North-East.
However, the agency’s latest update indicates that, as of November 9, Nigeria had recorded only one confirmed imported case, with no additional confirmed infections.
Idris maintained that the NCDC would continue investigating reported alerts and strengthening surveillance nationwide to ensure that any suspected infection was promptly detected and investigated.
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