A 34-year-old pilot and his wife, a medical physician, had been the 2 individuals investigated for suspected Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Adamawa State after creating signs together with fever, vomiting, fatigue, headache, cough, bleeding gums and nosebleeds.
Although Nigerian officers mentioned two suspected Ebola cases had been being investigated in the state and finally turned negative, their identities weren’t disclosed. PREMIUM TIMES can now disclose the officers’ identities, although we’re redacting their names.
An inner memo from the Adamawa State Ministry of Health and Human Services, obtained completely by PREMIUM TIMES, mentioned the couple had been admitted to the isolation centre of the Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital (MAUTH), Yola, on 29 October.
The memo, dated 30 October 2026 and signed by the State Epidemiologist, Jones Kadabiyu, mentioned the Adamawa State Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC) obtained the report at 6:45 a.m. following a clinician’s report from MAUTH.
The growth got here as well being authorities intensified surveillance following Nigeria’s confirmation of its first Ebola case in the present outbreak.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) had on Saturday announced that two suspected Ebola cases had been identified in the North-east, however didn’t initially disclose the state the place the cases had been detected.
However, the company later confirmed that the 2 suspected cases had been in Adamawa, noting that the laboratory checks on samples from each people had been negative for Ebola after two rounds of testing.
In a press release signed by its Director-General, Jide Idris, the NCDC mentioned it was working with the Adamawa State authorities to analyze the suspected cases.
The company mentioned it remoted the 2 people and instantly activated public well being measures whereas amassing samples for laboratory testing.
“Fortunately, the samples turned out negative for EBV after two rounds of testing,” Mr Idris mentioned.
The NCDC mentioned there may be presently no laboratory-confirmed Ebola case in Adamawa State, including that the beforehand confirmed case in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) stays the one confirmed case in Nigeria.
What PREMIUM TIMES learnt
According to the memo, the pilot developed signs on 13 October, whereas his wife developed comparable signs on 25 October.
The names of the 2 sufferers are contained in the paperwork seen by PREMIUM TIMES. However, this newspaper is withholding their identities to guard their privateness.
A preliminary report dated 31 October from Yola North Local Government Area (LGA), Adamawa State, mentioned the pilot travelled to Kenya “for personal reasons” on 14 October and returned to Nigeria on 25 October. It mentioned he had developed a fever earlier than his journey and was handled for malaria.
“Prior to his departure, he reportedly developed a fever on 13 October 2026 and was treated for malaria. He reportedly remained well while in Kenya,” it famous.
However, upon returning to Yola, he developed signs together with fever, nausea and vomiting, fatigue, headache, cough, bleeding gums and nosebleeds. His wife subsequently developed comparable signs after caring for him at house.
They had been each admitted on the MAUTH isolation centre.
The state well being authorities collected samples from each sufferers on 30 October and transported them to the National Reference Laboratory for testing, based on the report.
Contacts traced
The memo report mentioned 18 contacts had been identified, traced and line-listed, whereas the preliminary report dated 31 October put the quantity at 17.
The PHEOC additionally notified the State Rapid Response Team, the State NCDC workplace, Local Government Disease Surveillance and Notification Officers, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF.
The state well being authorities really useful continued contact tracing, an infection prevention and management measures, enhanced surveillance and coordination with related authorities.
The NCDC has urged Nigerians to stay calm and keep away from spreading unverified data.
It additionally suggested individuals who develop signs such as fever, extreme weak spot, headache, muscle ache, vomiting, diarrhoea or unexplained bleeding, significantly after a related publicity, to hunt rapid medical consideration.
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Ebola outbreak
Nigeria is considered one of 5 international locations which have detected Bundibugyo virus illness through the present outbreak, which started in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in May.
The outbreak has remained concentrated in the DRC however has unfold past the nation.
Nigeria’s first confirmed case of Ebola in 2026 was a lady who travelled from Uganda to Abuja and tested constructive on 20 October. She was subsequently medically evacuated to Switzerland for continued remedy.
The NCDC’s latest situation report mentioned 62 contacts linked to Nigeria’s confirmed case had been identified and had been being monitored.
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, had mentioned genomic evaluation showed that the virus detected in the Nigerian affected person was intently associated to the pressure identified in Kenya’s first imported case. He, nevertheless, mentioned the discovering didn’t set up that the Nigerian affected person was contaminated in Kenya.
WHO’s newest replace reported 10,274 confirmed cases and 4,992 deaths in the DRC as of 28 October. Kenya had recorded 9 confirmed cases and two deaths, whereas Nigeria had one confirmed case on the time of the replace.
Ebola is a viral illness that may trigger extreme sickness and spreads primarily by means of direct contact with the blood or different physique fluids of an contaminated particular person.
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