# Ebola Patient's Travel History Under Scrutiny

> Africa CDC asks Nigeria's Ebola patient to share full travel history to trace infection source.
- Title: Ebola Patient's Travel History Under Scrutiny · Allafrica
- Summary: Africa CDC asks Nigeria's Ebola patient to share full travel history to trace infection source. Africa CDC seeks Nigeria's first Ebola patient to disclose…
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- Source: Allafrica — https://allafrica.com/stories/202610220475.html
- Published: 2026-10-22T15:27:20+00:00
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- Topics: nigeria, ebola, africa cdc, travel history, ebola patient, nigeria health, uganda, drc, ebola outbreak, contact tracing, news, world
## Africa CDC seeks travel history
Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya urges Nigeria's first confirmed Ebola patient to disclose complete travel history and possible contacts during recent Uganda visit.

> What we want is collaboration from this person, the lady. She has to disclose to the authorities
## Patient's travel details
Woman born in Uganda but resides in Abuja spent days in home country before husband, a diplomat, travelled to join her.
## Patient's symptoms timeline
Patient developed symptoms three days after returning to nigeria on 3 october and sought treatment at private hospital initially believing she had malaria.
## Patient's hospitalization
Patient was admitted to second private hospital on 11 october after condition failed to improve.
## Nigeria health minister confirms
Nigeria's Coordinating Minister of Health Muhammad Pate confirmed patient spent two and a half weeks in Kampala before returning to abuja through ethiopia.
## Uganda's position
Uganda's Ministry of Health described patient as niigarian national who travelled to drc for business and only passed through uganda while returning home.
## DRC outbreak status
Drc recorded 9,552 confirmed ebola cases and 4,602 related deaths as of 19 october with outbreak affecting eight provinces.
## Kenya's case
Kenya reported nine confirmed ebola cases including one death as of 20 october following imported case from drc through uganda.
## Uganda's previous outbreak
Uganda recorded 20 confirmed ebola cases caused by bundibugyo virus between may and june with 15 imported from drc and five locally acquired.
## Key takeaway

Africa CDC seeks Nigeria's first Ebola patient to disclose travel history and contacts to determine infection origin.