Africa: Ebola - Africa CDC Seeks Full Travel History of Nigeria's Patient to Trace Source of Infection
A Ugandan-born woman living in Abuja is at the center of Africa CDC's latest Ebola contact tracing effort, and officials are moving quickly to piece together exactly where she was and when.
Africa CDC Director General Jean Kaseya has confirmed that investigators are working to obtain the woman's full travel history. She had spent several days in Uganda before her husband, a diplomat, travelled there to join her. That timeline is now central to understanding how and where she may have been exposed.
The details are still coming in, and the source of her infection has not yet been confirmed. What health authorities do know is that every day in that travel window matters for tracing potential contacts and containing any further spread.
This case is a reminder that Ebola does not respect borders, and the speed of the response in the coming days will say a great deal about the continent's readiness. Watch this space.
Originally published by AllAfrica.