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title: "Nigeria confirms first Ebola case in nearly a decade after woman tests positive in Abuja"
description: "Most outlets reported Nigeria’s confirmation of the first Ebola case in nearly a decade, noting the woman tested positive in Abuja after travel involving Uganda and the DRC. One outlet mentioned Uganda’s rejection of a direct link to the case but did not quote Uganda’s full response."
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# Nigeria confirms first Ebola case in nearly a decade after woman tests positive in Abuja

pakistan · updated 21 Oct 2026, 6:38 PM PKT · 21 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported Nigeria’s confirmation of the first Ebola case in nearly a decade, noting the woman tested positive in Abuja after travel involving Uganda and the DRC. One outlet mentioned Uganda’s rejection of a direct link to the case but did not quote Uganda’s full response.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Abb Takk News** — [Uganda rejects link to Nigeria’s first Ebola case in a decade](https://abbtakk.tv/uganda-rejects-link-to-nigerias-first-ebola-case-in-a-decade/) · 21 Oct 2026, 6:38 PM PKT
  > ABUJA: Nigeria has confirmed its first Ebola case in nearly a decade after a woman living in the capital, Abuja, tested positive following travel involving Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Uganda’s health ministry has pushed back against any suggestion that the infection originated in the country, stressing...
- **Arab News Pakistan** — [Nigeria confirms Ebola case in Abuja as woman who arrived from Uganda tests positive](https://www.arabnews.pk/world/nigeria-confirms-ebola-case-in-abuja-as-woman-who-arrived-from-uganda-tests-positive-3004780) · 21 Oct 2026, 2:41 AM PKT · 81% identical wording to the newest filing

## Part of a bigger story

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- [Swiss government clarifies Ebola patient in Nigeria did not travel to Congo](https://harzaviya.com/stories/16206-ebola-patient-in-nigeria-is-swiss-had-not-visited-dr-congo) · 24 Oct 2026 · 2 outlets · 75% related
- [Kenya confirms first Ebola case imported from Congo after man dies in Nairobi](https://harzaviya.com/stories/12689-kenya-confirms-first-ebola-case-after-man-dies-in-nairobi) · 7 Oct 2026 · 5 outlets · 2 developments · 71% related

2 articles from 2 outlets, 21 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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