Ebola’s blast, which began in the Democratic Republic of Congo in May, which is now the most widespread explosion and with the fastest recorded spread ever, has caused almost 10,000 confirmed cases across Africa.

The only confirmed case in Nigeria, in the context of Ebola’s recent deadly explosion in Africa, was transported from Abuja capital to Switzerland on Monday.

In response, Uganda’s country that was declared free of this disease in August strengthened controls on Sunday at its borders.

The evacuated patient, a 42-year-old Swiss citizen and wife of a service embassy employee in Abuya, had traveled to Uganda with her husband before returning to Nigeria.

She has not visited the Democratic Republic of Congo and is believed to have been infected with the virus in Uganda, the Associated Press Agency announced on Friday. Swiss Federal Foreign Affairs Department.

Uganda’s Health Ministry announced on October 23rd that the patient did not show any symptoms at the moment he left Uganda, adding that investigations are being conducted to determine when the symptoms began and how it was infected.

Her condition has improved significantly; she is stable, conscious, communicating, as lab analysis results approach normal values, said Nigeria’s Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate, in a post on the X platform. That doesn’t mean she’s not contagious anymore, he added.

Nigerian health authorities have identified 53 people who have had contact with the patient, including health care workers, relatives and household staff.

On Sunday, they announced they have expanded the search for possible cases, tracking nine other people who had contact with him.

Her husband shows no symptoms and continues to remain isolated.

On Friday, Pate declared that the woman’s infection appears to be closely linked to the first case recorded in Kenya, but stressed that this does not necessarily determine the course of transmission.

This is not the first case a patient is transported to Europe for medical treatment.

Since May 2026, three people infected with Ebolan have been evacuated for medical reasons to Europe for specialized care – two in Germany and one in the Netherlands.

The three were health – care workers or humanitarian workers in the affected areas of Congo.

In July, another person was evacuated to the United Kingdom because he may have been exposed to the virus while dealing with Ebola patients in Congo. /Telegraph/