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Nigeria's first ebola case sparks shock and urgent concern nationwide

Nigerian authorities are racing to trace contacts after a diplomat was declared the country’s first Ebola case. The patient reportedly arrived in Abuja from Uganda on October third, sparking shock and urgent concern nationwide.



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00:01Nigerian authorities are racing to trace contacts after a diplomat was declared the country's first Ebola case.
00:09The patient reportedly arrived in Abuja from Uganda on October 3, sparking shock and urgent concern nationwide.
00:19We received the news with mixed feelings because it's been long.
00:23We last had the case of Ebola and, in fact, Ebola came in before coronavirus and it was so shocking
00:31when we got the news yesterday.
00:33I was just going through the news and I was alarmed at the resurgence of Ebola once again in Nigeria.
00:39Nigeria's first Ebola case is the deadly Bunji Bunja strain linked to a major DR Congo outbreak.
00:45Residents are demanding urgent government action.
00:48Governmental Health Council of Nigeria should go out and create what they call a sensitization campaign in the society, in
00:56every town, in every state, because they're everywhere.
00:59OK?
00:59The DRC's deadliest Ebola epidemic on record has killed 4,381 people with over 9,000 confirmed cases.
01:08The 1-900-
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