Nigeria confirms its first Ebola case
Nigeria confirmed its first Ebola case this week, a woman who traveled to Abuja from Uganda; officials are tracing 44 contacts. The WHO says Nigeria is the fifth country to detect Ebola Bundibugyo virus since the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo began in May. Congo has reported more than 9,000 cases and more than 4,000 deaths, and there is no licensed vaccine or specific treatment for the strain.
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