00:01Nigeria has confirmed its first Ebola case in the latest outbreak sweep in Africa as Kenya
00:07reported its ninth infection and health officials warned of a growing regional threat. Nigerian
00:13health minister said Tuesday that laboratory tests had confirmed an imported case in a woman
00:18who traveled from Uganda to the capital Abuja. We are confirming that there has been one imported
00:27case of Ebola virus disease in the federal capital territory. The laboratory confirmation was received
00:36today, the reconfirmation. That was an initial positive test but it was reconfirmed because we
00:42have laboratory capacity to be able to test it. The minister said the woman began experiencing
00:47symptoms on October 7 and sought treatment at a private medical facility four days later.
00:52She's now in isolation and receiving medical care. The patient is a woman who had travel history
01:00to eastern Africa, to Uganda in particular, and came back, had symptoms that commenced on the 7th of October.
01:12On the 11th, she attended a private facility where she was being taken care of. Her symptoms progressed
01:24and further tests indicated that she had the Ebola virus disease. She is in isolation and she is receiving quality
01:37medical care.
01:41Nigerian authorities said contact tracing was underway with 44 close contact identified for monitoring.
