Nigeria: first Ebola case in Abuja, a strain with no approved vaccine, 44 contacts isolated

South Africa

2 SOURCES

Regional framing of the outbreak · 6 of 11 countries

Pretoria is tracing the continental spread of the Bundibugyo strain: the Abuja case is presented as a new link, after the Congo, Uganda and Kenya, with the tracing of 44 contacts at the center of the story.

Germany

STATE MEDIA

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Regional framing of the outbreak · 6 of 11 countries

Berlin notes from the Nigerian announcement the contact tracing effort: 44 people identified around a patient carrying the Bundibugyo variant, fourth African country affected.

Denmark

2 SOURCES

Relaying news dispatches and health monitoring · 2 of 11 countries

Copenhagen is quietly relaying Abuja's alert and is particularly focused on contact tracing, following a Congolese epidemic that is crossing borders.

United States

2 SOURCES

Regional framing of the outbreak · 6 of 11 countries

The United States is analyzing the Abuja case as another link in a regional Bundibugyo epidemic, where everything hinges on tracing the 44 contacts.

France

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3 SOURCES

Regional framing of the outbreak · 6 of 11 countries

Paris is assessing the health risk of an Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak that has arrived in Abuja: a strain with no approved vaccine, 44 contacts to monitor, and an epidemic that is spreading to a fourth country on the continent.

Ghana

2 SOURCES

Relaying news dispatches and health monitoring · 2 of 11 countries

Accra is watching the arrival of Ebola in Abuja as a regional tracing test: an imported case from Uganda, 44 contacts, and a strain without an approved vaccine.

Kenya

2 SOURCES

Dispute over the origin of the case and national assessment · 2 of 11 countries

Nairobi is assessing the Abuja case based on its own record, with nine cases and 134 contacts out of 135 in quarantine, and is echoing Kampala's deflection of responsibility.

Nigeria

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Dispute over the origin of the case and national assessment · 2 of 11 countries

Abuja is gauging its response to the test: between maximum alert from the States, health funds claimed by lawmakers and divergence with Kampala over the origin of the imported case.

DR Congo

2 SOURCES

Call for continental funding · 1 of 11 countries

Kinshasa takes away from this Nigerian case the urgency of funding: the Congolese press relays the call from Africa CDC and places the DRC, with a lethality rate close to 50%, at the center of a continental threat.

United Kingdom

2 SOURCES

Regional framing of the outbreak · 6 of 11 countries

London is gauging the geographical spread of Ebola through the Abuja case, emphasizing the tracing of 44 contacts and the regional scope of the Bundibugyo strain.

Sweden

2 SOURCES

Regional framing of the outbreak · 6 of 11 countries

Stockholm is gauging the risk of regional spread: for Dagens Nyheter, a single case in Abuja is more concerning than nine cases in Kenya, and contact tracing has become the central issue.