Nigeria detects first Ebola case in current outbreak

Nigeria has confirmed its first Ebola case since 2014. A woman who flew from Uganda to Abuja tested positive for the virus this week. She started feeling ill on October 7, four days after she arrived. She is now in isolation at a private hospital in the capital and is receiving medical care. Health officials have identified 44 people who had close contact with her and are monitoring them carefully. Nigeria is the fifth country to report cases in the current outbreak, which began in the Democratic Republic of Congo in May. The strain spreading now is called Bundibugyo, and there is no approved vaccine for it, though trials are ongoing. Kenya had already recorded nine cases before Nigeria's confirmation.